7 Nostalgic Achaar Recipes To Make You Feel Close To Your Roots & Add Some Spice In Your Lives!

Achaar is an indispensable part of Indian cuisine. Be it an accompaniment to our all-time favourite chole bhature, or Sunday breakfast special aloo poori, or evergreen paranthas, we cannot really imagine our food without the spicy pickles! We are also a shame to our dadis and nanis because none of us really seem to know these age-old traditional recipes for pickles. Well, that’s about to change, for today we have compiled a list of a few popular pickle recipes so that you can make these tangy bites for yourself and make your grandparents proud! 

1. Green Chilli Pickle 

This is the everyday pickle that accompanies our dal-rice, roti-sabzi, khichdi-pulao etc., and spruces up those everyday dishes with the spice and taste we love. Green Chilli Pickle lifts our dal-chawal for life, and honestly, that’s all Bunny from YJHD needs. If you like your pickle extra spicy, you can have it within 2 hours of mixing all the ingredients, because the longer it sits in the pickling mix, the tangier and milder it gets! You’re gonna need hari mirchi, asafoetida (hing), mustard seeds and mustard oil, lemon, turmeric, salt, that’s it!

Here’s The Recipe | Green Chilli Pickle

2. Lemon Chilli Pickle 

Pickles don’t just make food 10 times better, but they are also really good for digestion and a fun way to eat our vitamins, like the abundance of vitamin C in this lemon pickle. Since you are making these at home, these are completely healthy too! Yay! So, the next time your mom is feeding you butter-laden aloo parantha, you will have the perfect condiment - this lemon chilli pickle! Raise your hands if you love nimbu ka achaar! Although you will have to keep this pickle for an hour or two in the sunlight daily for best results.

Here’s The Recipe | Lemon Chilli Pickle  

3. Gol Keri

This quick mango pickle is really a mango salsa. It is nothing like the raw mango pickle we are used to having, for it’s prepared super quickly and uses ripe and tart mangoes. This sweet and spicy preparation can be a good way to eat tart mangoes during summer. You can pair this Gol Keri with stuffed or seasoned paranthas, or meat and fish dishes. To make this beautiful condiment, you’re going to need onions, sea salt, mangoes, jaggery, and spices!

Here’s The Recipe | Gol Keri

4. Gobi, Gajar & Shalgam Achar Recipe

This delicious pickle recipe is something that all Punjabi families will relate to or remember eating it out of the huge jars that our grandmothers used to keep on high shelves. Made of cauliflower, carrot, and turnips, this traditional Punjabi winter pickle is a must-try and adored for its crunchy texture and sweet and sour flavour. Though making this pickle takes a lot of time, it's absolutely worth it! You’re gonna need cauliflower, turnips, carrots, vinegar, mustard oil, ginger, jaggery, onion and masalas to make this beauty!

Here’s The Recipe | Gobi, Gajar & Shalgam Achar Recipe 

5. Sirke Wale Pyaaz

What would be our dal makhani/ butter chicken and garlic naan without sirke wale pyaaz and mint chutney? These onions are an excellent addition to all our North Indian delights and armed with this recipe, you don’t have to wait for the next time you go to your fave North Indian restaurant to enjoy these. Pretty simple to make, all you’re gonna need is pearl onions, ginger, chilli, beetroot, vinegar, and spices! Yum!

Here’s The Recipe | Sirke Wale Pyaaz 

6. Mango Pickle 

Aam ke achaar ke bhi kya kehne. Imagine your joy when the next time you’re eating aloo poori, you have it with raw mango pickle made by you! Make your grandparents try it and boast away! Mango pickle is everyone’s number 1 favourite pickle and it’s pretty easy to make, you just have to take raw mangoes, add spices and store it in mustard oil. This will give you the perfect raw mango pickle you’ve always craved!

Here’s The Recipe | Mango Pickle  

7. Garlic Pickle

This one is also a pretty cool pickle recipe that you don’t have to store for days after days in the sun, for it to be prepared. It can be consumed from the same day itself lasting up to 2 weeks and does the job of being a savoury, tangy and crunchy accompaniment to all your dishes. You’re gonna need peeled garlic cloves, mustard oil, mustard seeds, fenugreek seeds, turmeric, hing, red chilli, rock salt and vinegar. What a range of beautiful ingredients! We cannot wait to try this one!

Here’s The Recipe | Garlic Pickle 

Which one of these mouth-watering recipes are you gonna try first? Share your pickle making experiences!