Nellikkai Urukaai/Amla/Gooseberry Pickle

Gooseberry/Amla Pickle/Nellikkai Urukaai!

Gooseberry is a powerful anti-oxidant and is rich in Vitamin C; it’s a most important ingredient in many Ayurvedic medicines. It has immense health benefits.  We should find more ways of consuming Gooseberry.  Gooseberry pickle is very much palatable, thus making it easier to include in our menu.

Ingredients:

Nellikkai/Amla/Gooseberry - 6

Red Chilli Powder - 2 tsp.

Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tsp.

Salt - to taste

Gingelly oil - 2 tsp. (final touch)






Steam Cooked Nellikkai/Gooseberry

Tempering:

Mustard Seeds - 1/4 tsp.

Perungayam/Asafoetida/Hing - 1/4 tsp.

Oil - 2 tsp.

Curry Leaves - few



Method:

Take Nellikkai/Gooseberry in a bowl and Steam cook in an idli pot or any other steaming mode. Alternatively you can add little water and microwave for few minutes, until it becomes soft & tender. Cut into wedges, toss in the chilli powder, turmeric and salt. Do the tempering with mustard, Asafoetida and curry leaves. Let the Asafoetida/Perungayam roast well, and then add the nellikkai/gooseberry. Dribble Gingelly oil over it.


Serve with Curd Rice/Thayir Sadham.