Chicken Pickle

Seems like I have been neglecting my blogs! It is not as though I have stopped cooking but posting the recipes is just not happening. But today I have a pickle that turned our very tasty; the only issue is that it may not last long! Anything pickled is tastier if it ages a bit but the subject being chicken, even the children have shed their fear of pickle. 

Chicken Pickle

Ingredients

1. Chicken - 500 gms (breast pieces cut into small cubes and well drained)

2. Ginger  - 1 tablespoon - cut into small pieces

3. Garlic - 1 tablespoon - each cut lengthwise 

4. Coconut - 2 tablespoon cut into small pieces (optional)

5. Green Chilly - 5 nos. - cut into small pieces

6. Chilly powder - 3 tablespoon

7. Vinegar - 1/2 cup

8. Boiled water - 1/3 cup

9. Turmeric powder - 1/2 teaspoon

10. Salt - 1/2 teaspoon

11. Coriander leaves - 1/2 cup chopped

12. Oil - 2-4 tablespoon

Method

Rub the salt and turmeric powder into the chicken and keep it aside for minimum 15 minutes.Fry the chicken until the chicken is dry but not crisp. Set aside. Fry ingredients 2-5 separately until the color changes. The frying is basically to drain the moisture so that the pickle stays for a longer period. 

Now switch off the fire and add the chilly powder and the coriander leaves that have been warmed for a while. I warmed them for 40 seconds in the microwave. Add the water, vinegar and the earlier fried ingredients except chicken and bring it to a boil. Once it starts boiling, add the chicken and switch off the fire.

Once it is cooled, transfer the pickle to a washed, dried and warmed bottle. You can use the microwave to warm the bottle or immerse the bottle in boiling water until sterilized.

Enjoy until the pickle lasts!