Turmeric Pickle – 4 Recipes

Add this bright colored tasty pickle to your daily meals and improve your health! This pickle is made out of super spice – “Turmeric”. Turmeric Pickle is an extremely important and nourishing part of most of the Indian lunches during fall, winter, and spring seasons. It takes less than 10 minutes to make this pickle.

Turmeric pickle is made from turmeric root. Turmeric is a flowering plant that belongs to the ginger family. The roots of these plants are used in cooking. This plant is native to the countries like India and many other countries in Southeast Asia. Turmeric is used in all these countries for various purposes for thousands of years. Turmeric is used for medicinal purposes, cooking, for beauty treatments and much more.

One of the ways people in India consume turmeric is by making pickle out of turmeric root. Turmeric pickle can be made in many ways. It can be made by combining turmeric root with ginger root and different spices. It can be made by combining turmeric root with just salt, pepper, and lemon. It can be also made by combining turmeric with green chilies, carrots, ginger, garlic, and some spices.

Turmeric root is easily available in the local organic grocery stores, ethnic grocery stores, and your local Indian or Asian grocery stores.

Try out the following four recipes and add flavor and health booster to your daily meal!

Preparation Time – 5 minutes

Cooking Time – 2 minutes

 

Recipe 1

Ingredients

Turmeric root about 100 grams

Salt and pepper to taste

One small lime or ½ of a big lemon

How to Make this Pickle..

• Wash the turmeric roots thoroughly.

• Peel of the skin of the turmeric root with the help of potato skin peeler or a regular knife.

• Now cut the turmeric root into small pieces (any shape and size you prefer).

• To the cut turmeric root, add salt and pepper to your taste.
• Squeeze in the lime or lemon to this and mix it well.

• Transfer the mixture along with the yellow lemon juice that is formed in the bottom of the mixing bowl to the airtight bottle.

• Your turmeric pickle is ready to eat. Let it sit on the countertop for another two days. It tastes best after 2 days.
• After 2 days, put it in the refrigerator and use it within a month of making it.

 

Recipe 2

Ingredients

Turmeric root about 100 grams

Ginger root about 50 grams

Salt and pepper to taste

One small lime or ½ of a big lemon

How to Make this Pickle..

• Wash the turmeric and ginger roots thoroughly.

• Peel of the skin of the turmeric root and ginger root with the help of potato skin peeler or a regular knife.

• Now cut the turmeric root and ginger roots into small pieces (any shape and size you prefer).

• To this, add salt and pepper to your taste.
• Squeeze in the lime or lemon to this and mix it well.

• Transfer the mixture along with the yellow lemon juice that is formed in the bottom of the mixing bowl to the airtight bottle.

• Your turmeric pickle is ready to eat. Let it sit on the countertop for another two days. It tastes best after 2 days.
• After 2 days put it in the refrigerator and use it within a month of making it.

 

Recipe 3

Ingredients

Turmeric root about 100 grams

Ginger root about 50 grams

1 teaspoon of fennel seeds

1 teaspoon of fenugreek seeds

Salt and pepper to taste

One small lime or ½ of a big lemon

How to Make this Pickle..

• Wash the turmeric and ginger roots thoroughly.

• Peel of the skin of the turmeric root and ginger root with the help of potato skin peeler or a regular knife.
• In a small pan dry roast fennel seeds and fenugreek (methi) seeds properly for 2-3 minutes. Powder them in a mixture or food processor.

• Now cut the turmeric root and ginger roots into small pieces (any shape and size you prefer).
• To this, add salt and pepper to your taste.
• Add powdered fenugreek and fennel seeds.
• Squeeze in the lime or lemon to this and mix it well.
• Transfer the mixture along with the yellow lemon juice that is formed in the bottom of the mixing bowl to the airtight bottle.

• Your turmeric pickle is ready to eat. Let it sit on the countertop for another two days. It tastes best after 2 days.
• After 2 days put it in the refrigerator and use it within a month of making it.

 

Recipe 4

Ingredients

Turmeric about 100 grams

Ginger about 50 grams

2 long green chili (of your choice)

1 carrot (optional)

2-3 garlic cloves (optional)

1 teaspoon of fennel seeds

1 teaspoon of fenugreek seeds

Salt and pepper to taste

One small lime or ½ of a big lemon

How to Make this Pickle..

• Wash the turmeric, ginger roots,  carrot, peeled garlic cloves, and green chili thoroughly.
• Peel of the skin of the turmeric root, ginger root, and carrot with the help of potato skin peeler or a regular knife.
• In a small pan dry roast fennel seeds and fenugreek (methi) seeds properly for 2-3 minutes. Powder them in a mixture or food processor.
• Now cut the turmeric root, ginger roots, carrot, garlic cloves, and green chili into small pieces (any shape and size you prefer).
• To this, add salt and pepper to your taste.
• Add powdered fenugreek and fennel seeds.
• Squeeze in the lime or lemon to this and mix it well.
• Transfer the mixture along with the yellow lemon juice that is formed in the bottom of the mixing bowl to the airtight bottle.
• Your turmeric pickle is ready to eat. Let it sit on the countertop for another two days. It tastes best after 2 days.
• After 2 days put it in the refrigerator and use it within a month of making it.

 

Important Tips

• This pickle is not meant to be eaten in big portions. Take about a spoonful on the side of your meal.
• If you are making this pickle in larger quantity, add 2-3 tablespoon of mustard oil to the above mixture, mix it well with the pickle and store the pickle in the airtight container.
• I like to make it in a small quantity so it can be eaten fresh.
• Turmeric root is easily available in the local organic grocery stores, ethnic grocery stores, and your local Indian or Asian grocery stores.

Click below to know how to make Turmeric milk (tea / Golden milk)

Turmeric tea with milk recipe

Click below to know how to make Turmeric Tea (Without milk)

Turmeric tea without milk recipe

 

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