How much cooking time?

20 min — 10 min prep, 10 min cooking.

Gundruk Achar

Name: Gundruk Achar
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 12 servings
Cuisine: Sikkim Indian
Ingredients: 200g Gundruk (Fermented Leafy Green - Sikkim/Northeast); 2tsp Red Chilli Powder (Lal Mirch); 20g salt; 0.5cup Mustard Oil; 1tsp Mustard Seeds (Black); 1.8g methi seeds

Fermented greens pickle with mustard oil and chilli. Tangy, spicy Sikkimese condiment for rice meals.

Time 20 min · Serves 12 · 95 kcal · Gangtok, Sikkim

Ingredients

Main

Gundruk (Fermented Leafy Green - Sikkim/Northeast) — 200 g (ground)
Red Chilli Powder (Lal Mirch) — 2 tsp (ground)
salt — 20 g (whole)
Mustard Oil — 0.5 cup (whole)

Tempering

Mustard Seeds (Black) — 1 tsp (whole)
methi seeds — 1.8 g (whole)

Method

Squeeze the fermented gundruk to remove excess moisture, then chop it roughly.
Dry roast the mustard seeds and fenugreek seeds until fragrant, cool, then coarsely crush with the red chilli powder.
Heat the mustard oil until it just starts to smoke, then remove from heat and let it cool slightly.
Toss the gundruk with salt and the crushed spice mix, then pour over the cooled mustard oil and mix well.
Store in a clean, dry glass jar; serve alongside rice, dal and curry.

Common questions

How many calories in one plate of Gundruk Achar?: 95 kcal per plate.
How much cooking time?: 20 min — 10 min prep, 10 min cooking.

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