Apple Pickles

Apple pickles are very tasty, easy to prepare and takes very less time. It can be served with Chapatis, Curd Rice, Puris, Rotis, Plain Rice, etc.

Ingridents needed are:

Apple - 2(Any apple will do)
Lemon Juice - 1/2 cup
Garlic - 2-3 cloves choped finely(Optional)
Mustard seeds - 1 tspn
Feenugreek Seeds - 2/3 tspn
Pepper - 3-4 corns
Red Chilli Powder - 1-2 tspn(According to your taste)
Vinegar - 1 tspn
Salt - As per your taste

For Seasoning:

Red chillies - 2(Broken into pieces)
Mustard seeds - 1/2 spn
Curry leaves - 1 string
Hing - 1/4 tspn
Oil - 1 tbl spn

Method:

- Peel the skin of apple and chop.
-Put them in a broad vessel, add lemon juice, salt, vinegar, red chilli powder mix well and keep it aside for 10-15 min.
-Now dry roast mustard seeds, pepper corns and fenugreek seeds seperatly and powder them in a mixie.
-Mix this powder to chopped apples and allow it to set for 10-15 min.
-Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, garlic, curry leaves, hing, red chillies and fry well.
-Cool it, add to apple mixture and mix it well.
-Preserve them in an air tight glass bottle or ceramic container and refrigerate.
-It will last for more than a week.