Hey everyone, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, mustard pickles / piccalilli. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Mustard Pickles / Piccalilli is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look fantastic. Mustard Pickles / Piccalilli is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook mustard pickles / piccalilli using 17 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Mustard Pickles / Piccalilli:
- Get 1 kilo vegies (your choice but I use):
- Make ready half cauliflower
- Prepare 1 red and 1 green small pepper/capsicum
- Get 2-3 zucchini and or cucumber
- Prepare 2-3 stalks celery
- Get 1 onion
- Get 1 tbspn mustard powder
- Make ready 1 tbspn curry
- Prepare 1/2 tbspn tumeric
- Make ready chili (I put a pinch of flakes but put more or leave out)
- Take salt and pepper
- Take 1.5 litres water (to soak overnight)
- Get 1/4 cup salt (to soak overnight)
- Take 750 ml vinegar, white or cider. Cheap white vinegar works fine
- Make ready 1-1.5 cups sugar
- Get 1/2 tspn rock or sea salt
- Take cornflour (if needed)
Steps to make Mustard Pickles / Piccalilli:
- Dissolve 1/4 cup salt in 1.5 litres of water. Large bowl.
- Finely chop all vegies and place in bowl of salted water. Leave 12 hours or overnight.
- Drain well and rinse then place in pot with 1 litre fresh water and 1/2 tspn salt.
- Simmer til tender, about 20 minutes then drain and put aside.
- In pot put vinegar and sugar. Bring to boil to dissolve then add the mustard, curry, tumeric, chili, salt and pepper.
- Cook until reduced and thicken or mix in a paste of cornflour and water until quite thick. Once cooled it does set some more.
- When done, add the vegies and mix it all in.
- The pickle is now ready. Place in clean jars and if canning, water bath for 10 minutes. Or just put it into the fridge. When canned this pickle will sit on the shelf for at least 1 year.
Discover How to Boost Your Mood with Food
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Now you realize that junk food isn’t necessarily what you need to eat when you are wanting to help your moods get better. Try a few of these suggestions instead.
