Nellikai Urukai/Gooseberry Pickle/Amla Pickle

I had already posted gooseberry pickle.But had not posted any step by step photos.Last week a friend of mine gave a bag full of fresh gooseberries when she visited us.My mom makes yummy pickles and luckily she was there at our home at that time.So the very next day my mom made yummy yummy pickles and I clicked the step photos.This time to increase the shelf life of the pickle I didn't steam cook the gooseberries in the steamer instead I sauted it much so that it gets cooked...

 

Try this tasty Amla/Nellikai/Gooseberry pickle..U will fall in love with it..

 

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Nellikai Thayir pachadi/Gooseberry Raita/Amla Raita

 



 

Curd/Yogurt is one of the main item without which my family cannot survive.I can manage my cooking if I have curd at home.All of us take it for Idly,Dosa and for all the breakfast items..And a simple curd rice with a pickle is more than sufficient for my family to make my members happy.

 

So most of the time I make raitas for roti and make my cooking time short.In this regard the most common raita during hot climate is the gooseberry/Amla Raita.It serves as a coolant for the body and the dish also tastes very delicious.

I usually grind the coconut and the green chillies mixture and preserve them in the freezer for later use of other types of raitas..

 

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GooseBerry Pickle

Last week we went to our friend's farm house near sawyerpuram,Tuticorin.We could breathe  clean air and left home with a big satisfaction of thinking that still there are people who love trees.We could find every rare plant inside his farm house..We enjoyed our nature walk.Peacocks were spotted like crows there.Rare species of birds were also spotted.Had a chance to taste fresh heavenly fruits like passion fruit,Mangosteen(Mangustan),Jackfruit,Papaya,Chikku,Guava,Orange etc..We collected some fresh gooseberries from there which were farm fresh.Out of some I prepared honey Amla and the rest made a gooseberry pickle.Thank U Anand Sir for the gooseberries...

 

 

If I utter the word gooseberry and think of its taste...my taste buds just gets activated...Big gooseberries are rich in Vitamin C.When had with honey, hair falling,grey hairs too can be controlled.They improve the memory power and also the eyesight.It purifies blood.We can keep on adding the benefits of gooseberry.

 

I remember my old school days where we use to crave for Jamun(Indian Blackberry)  gooseberries and kodukkaPuli..

 

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