Grape Pickle

I love grapes and used to have one whole bowl for lunch when I was in London. Usually I used to make Jam out of fruits but tried pickle this time out of grapes. It came out so good.Grape pickle will contain mixed of all the following taste little sour, tangy, sweet, spicy. Its quite easy to make and no much ingredients are really required. One can store this pickle for a month and can have along with curd rice, dosa and chapathi.

Ingredients:

Black seedless grapes - 750gm
Green chilli - 3 nos (finely chopped)
Garlic - 5 nos (finely chopped)
Ginger - 2 nos (1 inch length, finely chopped)
Sesame oil -4 tablespoon
Red chilli powder - 1 teaspoon
Salt - to taste
Mustard seeds -1 teaspoon
Fenugreek seeds - 1 teaspoon
Curry leaves (dried) - 1 teaspoon

Method:

1. In a kadai dryroast mustard seeds, fenugreek seeds and curry leaves. Blend it in a mixer to fine powder once it cool off.



2. Heat one tablespoon oil and fry garlic, ginger and chilli. Once it is cooked, keep it in a bowl seperately.



3. Wash and remove grapes from its stem and cut each grape into 2 half lengthwise.



4. To the same pan, add 3 tablespoon oil and add the chopped grapes. Cook well until 70% of grape juice evaporates and oil ooze out from its corner. Mix fried garlic, chilli and ginger.

 

5. Add salt, chilli powder and roasted powder. Slow cook it for 10 mins.



Fantastic and glassy texture grape pickle is ready to be served.