Ripe Redchillie Pickle - Pandumirapakaya Kaaram

South India is most popular for Pickles. Especially spicy pickles like Aavakaya, Gongura, Maagaya and Red chillies pickles are most famous in Andhra. Red Chillie Pickles is mouth-watering, with yummilicious taste in spicy flavour. During the summer season we get fresh, ripen red chillies in the market, it is usually ground with tamarind, salt and turmeric powder and is stored in airtight glass jars or ceramic jars. Especially Guntur is the most popular place in Andhra for these Red chillies. We can make this pickle at home very simple. It is an apt combination for hot steamed rice and ghee or with Kandi podi(dal powder). Let us see the procedure to make Pandumirapakaya niluva pachadi / Redchillie pickle.

Ingredients 

Pandumirapakayalu/Redchillies :       1 kg

Tamarind:       250gms

Rock Salt:       250 gms

Turmeric Powder     :       3-4 spoons

Procedure :

1.  Rub the Pandumirapakayalu/Redchillies with a clean cotton cloth, remove the stalks and keep

     aside on fresh cotton cloth for one hour.

2.  Clean the Tamarind remove the seeds and fibres and keep it ready.

3.  Grind Pandumirapakayalu/Redchillies, Chinthapandu(tamarind), Salt and turmeric powder(Pasupu)    to a coarse paste in a mixie jar or stone mortar and pestle. You should not use water to make a smooth paste.

4.  Store this coarse paste in an airtight glass jar or ceramic jar. It will stay good for several
months to a year.

Pandumirpakaya pachadi for hot steamed rice :

Ingredients :

Pandumirapakaya thokku   :1 cup

Bengal gram seeds:    1spoon

Black gram seeds:    1/2 spoon

 Mustard seeds:   1/4 spoon

dry red chillies    :    3

Curry leaves:   few

asafoetida:    1/4 spoon

Method :

1.  Take a small portion of Pandumirapakaya thokku/Redchillie pickle in a cup.

2.  Heat oil in a pan, add chana dal, urad dal, mustard seeds, dry red chillies, curry leaves,let it crackle for a few seconds, then sprinkle asafoetida and add this to Pandumirapakaya pachadi

3. Stir it well and serve it with hot steamed rice and ghee.