Avakkai pickles originate from Andhra Pradeesh/Telengana of South India. These pickles are iconic and consumed widely all over South India. They are hot and spicy, but taste wonderful. I am a great fan of avakkai but have stopped consuming it as the pickle literally floats in oil. It has been my earnest desire to develop…
Category: Pickles
Manga Thokku (Grated Raw Mango Pickle)
My post today is a little different. It’s a pickle. I don’t paste a lot of pickles as most Indian pickles use oil as the preservative. On a no-oil diet, it’s difficult to prepare pickles with no oil. When I first turned WFPB vegan some years ago. the only pickle that I could consume was…
Barwan Lal Mirch Achar (Red Jalapeno Pickle)
After I turned WFPB, one of the things that I most missed was my pickles. Most Indian pickles use a generous amount of oil as a preservative. One of the few oil-free pickles is made from lemon. I therefore was eating only lemon pickles for some years – till I got really sick of them….
Vadu Manga (Tender Mango Pickle)
Vadu manga is a traditional South Indian pickle. It is easy to prepare and so, so tasty that I could live with it and vegan curd rice for ever. Traditional vadu manga pickle requires no oil whatsoever. However, I find the packaged product available on shop shelves always contain oil. I have been making this…
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