MUSHROOM PICKLE - RECIPE BY LT COL RANJEEV PRADHAN

MUSHROOM PICKLE ....A FINGER LICKING DELICACY CREATED BY LT COLONEL RANJEEV PRADHAN WHO IS A MULTI FACETED , VERSATILE PERSONALITY. APART FROM COOKING AS A HOBBY HE IS AN ACE PARA GLIDER AND A TALENTED HUNTER. 

COOKING IS HIS PASSION AND SHOOTING HIS PROFESSION.......

Ingredients :

Button mushrooms - 400 gms
Red onions - 2 medium sized (chopped)
Ginger-garlic paste - 2 Tbsp
Asafoetida - 1 pinch
Fenugreek seeds - 1 Tsp (powdered)
Mustard seeds - 1 Tsp (powdered)
Whole spices ( pepper corns, cloves, cinnamon, black cardamom) - 2 Tsp (roasted and ground)
Mustard oil - 1 cup
Jaggery - 2 inch piece (grated)
Apple cider vinegar - 1/2 cup

Method :

Mix the grated jaggery in the apple cider vinegar.
Heat oil in a deep pan.
Wash and chop the mushrooms in desired shape.
Saute the onions until translucent.
Add ginger-garlic paste  and cook until golden brown.
Add asafoetida.
Add the fenugreek and mustard seed powders.
Add mushrooms and cook on low flame for 5 to 10 minutes or until the water evaporates.
Add the whole spice powder.
Add the vinegar-jaggery solution.
Allow to cool.
Pour in a dry bottle.