This is my grandmothers recipe. The granny smith apples in this pickle make a tart, sweet, spicy condiment that is perfect with rotis and breads. Make sure you use the roasted fenugreek powder, it makes a big difference! Also make sure you use tart cooking apples (I love granny smiths!); the mealy sweet apples wont work.
makes about 1 1/2 cups
2 large granny smith apples or other tart, cooking apples
1 tsp lemon juice
1/2 tsp black mustard seeds
1/8 tsp fenugreek powder (lightly roast fenugreek seeds in a dry pan over low heat and then grind to a powder)
1/4 tsp asafoetida
1-2 green chillies
3/4 tsp urad dal
a few curry leaves
1/2 tsp turmeric
1/2 tsp chili powder
salt
4 tbsp vegetable oil
Core the apples and dice them into tiny cubes. Toss with lemon juice and set aside. Heat the oil in a pan and add mustard seeds. When they crackle, add fenugreek powder, asafoetida, green chilies, urad dal and curry leaves. Stir on medium high heat for about 1 minute. Then add diced apples. Cook, stirring occassionally till the apples are slightly soft, about 10 minutes. Add turmeric, chili powder, and salt to the apples and cook another 5 minutes. Taste and adjust for salt and lemon juice. Once cool, store the pickle in an air-tight container in the fridge. Pickle will last about a week.
Yumm….I love apple pickle, usually make it with green sour apples..with cayenne pepper, cumin, salt & oil…oh so yummy..yours look very delicious too…
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You always manage to post the cutest recipes in the cutest handis
This something new to me! Never thought of using apples for pickles.
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This sounds delicious — I love the idea of an apple pickle!
Also, I’m coveting your curry leaves — the leaves sold here in my local stores never look that green or fresh.
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Sala @ Veggie Belly Reply:
November 17th, 2009 at 3:22 am
@Beatrice, I get gorgeous, fresh curry leaves at the Asian store near me. I’ll be happy to send you some
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Very interesting pickle with apples. Loove the presentation.
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Wow, what a gorgeous photo! You make it look easy!!
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The mix of sweet, tart, and spicy sounds fantastic!
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What a colorful pickle! It looks lovely and I bet it tastes even better than it looks! An original recipe for sure…
Cheers,
Rosa
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What a delicious sounding pickle. I love pickles and sour type food, can’t remember if I ‘ve ever had an apple version. Love that spoon with the twined handle.
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wow, pickle with apples, I am salivating already
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A friend of mine told me that her mom made a very nice thokku/pickle with the tart apples growing in her backyard… Good to see a recipe for it here. Grandma’s recipes are w/o doubt the best.
The kids are doing fine – thanks for asking… Hope all is well with you. Still busy with KK?
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great pics as usual…and such a novel type of pickle..
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I will try this recipe soon as apple are flooding!
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Sala,that’s a lovely recipe! Grandma’s recipes are so foolproof and time tested! I created a facebook group (called Heirloom recipes) a long time back inviting members to share their favourite traditional/family recipes. The group’s been lying dormant since…would you be interested at all in contributing?
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never had apple pickle but it sounds good.. and i do happen to have a whole lot of apples now…will try this one out ..thanks
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Sala, first time visiting your space, its fabulous treat!..lovely pictures..
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book marked this. I never had an apple pickle but I can imagine how awesome this tastes. I love granny smith and lately have been adding them to all my salads .
But I’m tempted to add a bit of sugar to it for the complete element of sweet , salty and sour for this pickle. Do you think it will work ?
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Sala @ Veggie Belly Reply:
August 5th, 2010 at 11:44 am
absolutely, a bit of sugar, or jaggery or palm sugar will work great!
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aiyya … apple pickle! never ever ever heard of before! i’m going in the kitchen, tempted to try it right away. will come back & post how it turns out!
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Sala @ Veggie Belly Reply:
November 16th, 2011 at 2:01 pm
yes! come back and let me know how it turned out for you
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Nisha Reply:
November 16th, 2011 at 6:31 pm
OMG Sala OMG I love it. OMG you know what it’s like to make a pickle for the FIRST time in life & have it taste awesome???????????
OMG my husband is never going to guess it’s made of APPLE, I swear. OMG I love you, thanks, I can’t control my excitement!
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