Kitchen Tantra

Egg Pickle:

Muttai Oorugai/Gudilu Oorughai/Anda Ki Achaar.

Ingredients:

Hard boiled eggs-8 (peeled and pricked with fork)
Salt as per taste
Vinegar 2 cups

To be roasted and Powdered:

Coriander seeds 1 cup
Black pepper 1 cup
Cloves 5
Cardamom 2
Cinnamon 2-3 Sticks
Fenugreek seed 1 cup
Mustard seeds 1 cup
Cummin seeds 1/2 cup
Asafoetida 1-2 spoons
Dry red chilies 10-15

Wet grind these:

Ginger 1 spoon
Garlic 1 spoon

Method:

In a bowl add vinegar and mix all the powdered spices to this. And also mix ginger-garlic paste.

Heat the pan on low flame and pour the above mixture in it. Let it boil for 10 minutes.

Remove from the stove and allow it to cool. Then add salt to this and set aside.

Place the eggs in air-tight jar (preferably ceramic)Run the vinegar mixture on top of the eggs (eggs should be immersed well)

Cover the jar with the lid. Tie a muslin cloth on top of this lid.

Place the jar in the sun for atleast 2 days. Mix the pickle gently.....2-3 times a day(while placed in sun)

Store in a dark and dry shelf.

Labels: Eggs, Pickle/Thokku