Garlic Pickle

Ingredients 

• 30-40 garlic cloves
• 1 tablespoon jaggery Chopped
• 3 lemons
• 2 inches ginger piece
• 1/2 cup sesame oil
• 2 teaspoons mustard seeds
• 1/2 teaspoon fenugreek seeds (methi dana)
• 1/2 teaspoon asafoetida (hing)
• 1 1/2 teaspoons coriander powder
• 2 1/2 teaspoon red chilli powder
• 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
• 2 teaspoons salt

Method

1. Squeeze out juice of lemons in a bowl.
2. Coarsely crush ginger with 10-12 garlic cloves in a mortar with a pestle.
3. Soak remaining garlic cloves in lemon juice.
4. Heat sesame oil in a non-stick pan till it smokes. Add mustard seeds and sauté till seeds splutter. Add fenugreek seeds, asafoetida and crushed ginger-garlic, mix and sauté well.
5. Add coriander powder, chilli powder, turmeric powder and chopped jaggery, mix well and cook till jaggery melts.
6. Add salt and mix well. Add this mixture to the garlic cloves in lemon juice, mix well.
7. Serve or store in an airtight container.