Gooseberry Pickle (Nellikka Achar)

If you are a pickle lover, I suggest you to definitely try this recipe at home. This is such an easy version of gooseberry pickle and tastes amazing. Please do try and post your feedback...😃
Ingredients

Gooseberries - 15 nos
Ginjelly Oil - 1/2 cup
Chilli powder - 3 tablespoons
Turmeric powder - 1/2 teaspoon
Mustard Seeds - 1/4 teaspoon
Roasted Fenugreek powder - 1/2 teaspoon
Asafoetida - 1/2 teaspoon
Salt - as required

Method

Wash the gooseberries well and wipe with a clean towel. Roast some fenugreek seeds and grind to powder. Heat a pan and fry gooseberries for 5-6 minutes without adding oil. By doing this, pickle tastes like sun-dried gooseberry pickle. Transfer this to a clean bowl. Heat gingelly oil in the same pan and add mustard seeds, let it splutter. Add gooseberries, turmeric powder and chilli powder and mix well. Add salt and mix well until the gooseberries are coated well in the mixture. Now add fenugreek powder and asafoetida. Mix again and switch off the flame. Once cool, store this in an airtight container at least for 20 days. You can start using the pickle after 20 days to get better taste.
Notes - You can use chilli powder according to your taste. You can also use Kashmiri chilli powder to get the colour. You can also remove gooseberry seeds before doing the pickle.