Hot and Sour Tomato Pickle

Ingredients

• 1 lb. green tomatoes(Red ones can be used too)
• 15-20 red chillies
• 1 cup chopped ginger
• 1 cup chopped garlic
• 2 cups vinegar
• 1 tsp turmeric
• 1 tbsp mustard seeds
• 1 tsp fenugreek
• 1 1/2 cups oil
• Salt to taste

Method

• Slice the tomatoes, smear turmeric and salt on them and soak them in 1 cup vinegar.Leave for about 2 hours.
• Blend together the garlic, ginger, red chillies and 3/4 of the mustard, with a little vinegar.
• Heat the oil and add the remaining mustard.
• When the mustard crackles, add the fenugreek.
• Fry for 2 minutes and then add the blended mixture and fry well for over 20 minutes.
• Add the tomatoes and the remaining vinegar.
• Stir continuously as the mixture comes to a boil.
• When the pickle is almost done, the oil begins to float at the top.
• Take it off the heat and let it cool.
• Store in a clean bottle.
• Will keep for a year.