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Receta Recipe | Fresh Turmeric & Gum berry Pickle – Two Unusual Spicy Treats from a Colorful Indian State
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Ingredientes
- 1 cup oil
- 3/4 cup mustard seeds (rai)
- 1/2 cup fenugreek seeds (methidana)
- 1/2 cup salt (preferable rock salt)
- 2 tbsp. fennel seeds (saunf)
- 2 tsp. Turmeric powder
- 2. Fresh Turmeric Root Pickle
- Fresh turmeric pickle
- Ingredients;
- 1 cup diced Fresh turmeric roots
- 2 tbsp. vegetable oil
- 4 green chilies
- 1 tsp. lemon juice
- 1 tsp. salt
- Spice Mix
- 1 tsp. Nigella seeds (Kalonji/onion seeds)
- 1 tsp. aniseeds (saunf)
- 1 tsp. Mustard seeds
- ½ tsp. fenugreek seeds
- A pinch of asafetida powder
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