SWEET MIXED VEGETABLE PICKLE

Ingredients:


*2 1/2 kgs Cauliflower (Phool gobi), Carrots (Gajar) and *Turnips (Shalgam) (after peeling)
*200 grams Sugar (Cheeni)
*100 grams Salt (Namak)
*30 grams ground spices
*20 grams Red chili pepper (Lal Mirchi)
*60 grams mustard powder
*30 grams Ginger (Adrak)
*15 grams Garlic (Lasun)
*1 teaspoon glacial acetic acid (6 grams)
*1/2 litre Mustard Oil (Sarson Ka Tel)


How to make sweet mixed vegetable pickle:
*Wash, peel and cut the vegetables (carrots into long slices, cauliflower into medium *pieces, round medium slices of turnip).
*Blanch the vegetables in hot water for 10 to 15 minutes: then drain.
*Grind ginger and garlic to a fine paste and fry in 1 cup of hot oil till golden brown.
*Remove from the fire, add all the spices and mix well.
*Prepare the sugar syrup of (in half or less than that amount of water than the sugar)  one  to two-thread consistency.
 *Mix glacial acetic acid and syrup into fried garlic and ginger mixed with spices.
*Cook for 5 minutes.
*Add all the vegetables, cook till it leaves its oil.
*Cool, put in a jar and keep it for 10 days before using.
*This pickle can be kept for up to one year.