Description
Olives are highly rich in Iron n vitamin E.. Olive is the fruit of the Olive tree..these olives can be marinated n served as salads r else an appetizier among the italians…i tried out as pickles..Green olives will usually be firmer in texture after curing than black olives. Olives can be flavored by soaking them in various marinades…here we go for the pickles..| Ingredients-1 | |
|---|---|
| 20 nos | Seedless olives |
| Ingredients-2 | |
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| 1 tsp | Mustard seeds |
| 1 tsp | Fenugreek seeds |
| ¼ tsp | Asafoetida |
| 3 tsp | Red chilli powder |
| 1 tsp | Cumin seeds |
| Ingredients-3 | |
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| ¼ cup | Olive oil |
| ¼ cup | Vinegar |
| 1 tsp | Mustard seeds |
| 3 tsp | Salt |
Instructions
Dry roast everything from ingredient 2 except the red chilli powder..grind everything finely as powder…cut the seedless olive into two equal pieces…heat oil in a pan n fry the seedless olives for 5 minutes…take off from the oil n keep aside…now add the mustard seeds from ingredients 3 n let it splutters, once they done add the grinded powder in oil with red chilli powder n salt , keep the flame as simmer, stir them continously…be alert coz the powder may turns dark..to avoid this stir them well n continously..once the oil get separates from the grounded powder add the vinegar n stir them well for 20 minutes in low flame…once everything is well cooked add the fried olives with them..stir them in low flame too..check for salt in case if u felt , not enough can add salt as per taste..allow them to cool for an hour n store it in a air tightened container..
Spicy olive pickles is ready…can serve them from the next day..will be very good…
Notes
Use always dry spoons while serving pickle..else they may spoil the pickle..
Can conserve them in fridge too..
Can use them until 3 months..
Vinegar is a good preservatory for pickles…
21 Comments
plz tel how to prepare nellikai pickle
Priya
Do these Olive taste like our Nellikkai ( Gooseberry), I want to know how it tastes before trying this..
Regs
Jaya
Lakshmi…olives wont tastes like nellikkai but the flesh ressembles like nellikkai..its completely different from gooseberries..hope i cleared ur doubt..
priya,
your pickle looks amazing
its super can i use black olive
Dhana better use green olives, they will be firm while frying..
kalakkal priya….. unga veetukku pakkathu veetukku vanthudalam-nu yosikkiren.
Thanks kavi..naanume athey than think pannuren..yenna solluringa? naan ready neegha?
Priya, very creative!! olive vaarum thodarattum!!! thanks for sharing.
Romba thanks Mullai.. ungala paathu vantha effects than..
Priya,
I love Olives and you have made it our Indian style pickle. Hve not tried yet. cant wait to try. thank you so much.
Abimuthi, namakku Olive entha kadaila kidaikum ? Do you have any idea ? If you find any pls let me know dear…
Have a great day
Shan,
Olives are available in BJ wholesale/COSTCO, Shoprite. If you want to buy in bulk with a good deal BJ’s is the best. they sell tinned/bottled olives in bulk for ver reasonable prices. Thansk Shan.
Hope this helps.
Abi, thanx for ur immediate reply.
Have a great day
Abhi try pannunga..unga feedback'ku waiting..
olive pickle..superra irruku priya..nice recipe..i get olive here will surely try it out…
DivyaMubarak
Divya try pannitu sollunga..
HI Priya mouthwatering pickle!!! lemme try wen i find olives here…Thanx for sharing!!
Sadhana Raveen
Thanks sadhana…try pannunga..
This looks yummy Priya, what olives are you using, are these the common ones which are available in a jar with brine?
Yep anja…can also use the tinned olives too..better use seedless..