Pickled Nutmegs
- 08
- December
- 2008
Jaadhikkai Oorugai:
Nutmeg Pickle. Pickled Fresh Nutmegs. Jadhikkai Oorugai.
This pickle was half the way done by my aunt Raadhai. She has already salted and soaked the sliced nutmeg in a jar. Before she intended to make pickle….I grabbed a bowl full for myself and prepared it in my way. So I didn’t get a chance to click ‘Raw Nutmeg’. It was one of the aromatic pickle I ever had!!!
Ingredients:
Raw Nutmeg 1 cup (sliced/quartered)
Salt
Chili powder
Asafoetida 1/4 spoon
Mustard seeds 1/4 spoon
Curry leaves few
Sesame oil 1/2 cup.
To be Toasted & Powdered:
Coriander seeds 1-2 spoons
Fenugreek seeds 1-2 spoons
Yellow mustard seeds 1-2 spoons
Cumin seeds 1 spoon
Curry leaves few
Dry red chilies 5-7
Asafoetida 1 spoon
Method:
Slice the nutmeg and add sea salt to it. Store them in ceramic jar for a whole day and a night.
The other day, heat oil in a wok. Add mustard seeds, asafoetida and curry leaves. Wait till they pop.
Now stir-in, salted nutmeg to it. Fry for couple of minutes….then add chili powder and other pickling spices to it. When it is done and oil shows up on top, remove from heat.
Bring down to room temperature and store in a ceramic jar.
looks so spicy..i love pickles..:)
Thanks Varsha.
Spicy pickle,never heard of raw nutmeg..do we get them here?
This is very new to me. They look spicy and delicious….
It has been decade I tasted jadikka is it from India? Lovely
looking spicy….love pickle
Nutmug pickle..? It is very new to me.Amazing..superb… kovil adai, tulsi tea all r unique and amazing.. Thanks for sharing new recepies. I book marked milagu adai. due to net problem i can’t able to visit blog…
I had no idea that jadhikkai can be pickled! Good one Malar!
I dont know that nutmeg is pickled too .. nice
lovly pickle..just i need is cup of curd rice..
Never heard of it .. but i m sure it would be tasty as the image says.
never tried this before, but sure looks tangy and spicy:), my fav. combo!!
Like others here, I also don’t remember seeing raw jadhikai even back in Chennai. Were do you even get it? But it definitely looks mouthwatering.
hi malar, looks yummy. would love to try this . but can u tell me where to get raw nutmeg?is it same as the dried one ? if so how do u slice that. i have only grated nutmeg .
Dear Y’ll,
Yasmeen, I don’t think we could get them here, dear. But who knows Americans always wants their best from all over the world. We could always hope, possibly in big city, google search….could fetch them.
Thanks Gita.
Oh yeah, same here Cham. Yeah, its from India. I pickled when I was in India.
Thanks Shama.
Thanks Shree, I was also worried for you, since Mumbai terror! Goodness….its was so horrifying. Thanks none of ur family, friends or relatives are affected. Yeah….posting still my vacation recipes, the food I cooked while I was in India, thats why its interesting….
Thanks Raje, yeah it could be….I guess Keralites do it. In western ghats they grow nutmeg widely…
Thanks Deesha.
True Suma, goes well with Dahi ki Chaawal.
Thank you Viki, it does taste good. Very unique and distict flavor. Its aromatic!!!
Thanks Chandani, yeha me too like spicy and tangy together. Simply unbeatable, right.
Madhuram, welcome to my blog. I did’nt spot them in Chennai as well. My aunt brought from Kerala…it grows widely in western ghats. I think we could find them in big markets, during season…at Chennai as well. Only thing is to enquire the vendors.
Dear Bicks, What we use is ‘dry nutmeg’ here….which could be only grated and treated as spice 7 garnish. This one is ‘Raw Nutmeg’ dear….fresh from the forest. So the pod is easy to slice. These are found in wet-rain forest areas/ hilly places at western ghats. Hope these info help u to locate fresh ones.