Achar masala (pickle masala)

Ingredients

• ½ cup red hot chilli powder
• ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder
• 1/2 cup fenugreek (methi )seeds
• 1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds
• 1/4 teaspoon hing.
• ¼ cup salt
• 2 tablespoons olive oil (can use sunflower or groundnut)
• 2 red dried chillies

Preparation

• Dry Roast fenugreek seeds in a frying pan and dry grind them coarsely and keep it aside.
• Heat oil in a pan, and add the mustard seeds, red chillies and hing . Keep aside to cool slightly.(I f you add hot oil to chilli powder it will burn it and discolour).
• To the ground fenugreek add the chilli powder and salt and turmeric mix well. Add the warmed oil to the fenugreek mixture and mix well. Leave to cool.
• Transfer the achar masala to sterelised jar and use as required. (Achar masala should be dry and crumbly extra oil is added as required when making the pickle).

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