easy carrot pickle recipe | gajar ka achar | instant carrot pickle recipe

Recipe Snapshot

  • Prep time: 10 minutes
  • Cook time: 10 minutes
  • Total time: 20 minutes
  • Yield: 1 box
  • Category: pickle
  • Cuisine: Indian

Ingredients

  • 3 carrot (thickly sliced (approx. 1½ cups chopped carrot))
  • 5 tbsp oil
  • 2 inches ginger (thinly sliced)
  • ¾ tsp mustard seeds / rai
  • 1 dried red chilli
  • ¼ tsp hing / asafoetida
  • 10 curry leaves
  • 2 tsp kashmiri chilli powder (add more if you prefer spicy)
  • ¼ tsp turmeric powder
  • 1 tsp mustard seeds (powdered)
  • ¼ tsp methi / fenugreek seeds (dry roasted and powdered)
  • 1 tbsp salt (adjust to your taste)
  • 1 tsp white vinegar
  • 2 lemon juice

Method

  1. firstly, in a large pan add 2 tbsp of oil and to that add ginger juliennes (thick pieces of ginger).
  2. furthermore, add chopped carrot and saute.
  3. saute on medium flame for 1 minute. keep them aside.
  4. next to the same oil, add 3 more tbsp of oil.
  5. once the oil is sufficiently hot, add mustard seeds, red chilli, hing and curry leaves. saute till the mustard seeds splutter.
  6. furthermore, add 2 tsp of chilli powder, turmeric powder, mustard powder, fenugreek powder and salt. to prepare fenugreek powder and mustard powder, dry roast then powder them.
  7. give a good mix and switch off the flame.
  8. now add fried carrot and ginger.
  9. additionally, add a tsp of vinegar.
  10. also add juice of 2 lemons.
  11. then give a good mix. once the pickle is cooled completely transfer to a glass jar. and clean the sides with the help of tissue paper.
  12. finally, serve pickle immediately or store in a airtight container.

Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note

Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.