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Cranberry Achar/ Cranberry Pickle

Published: Dec 30, 2015 · Modified: Dec 30, 2015 ·

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I made this Cranberry achar with some left over cranberry after making Cranberry proscecco Margarita and cranberry oatmeal cookies, I don’t want to make more sweet recipes, and decided on this achar. I have been in quest of cracking this cranberry achar for long time. Yes last year also I tried but failed miserably. When I asked hubby he told go ahead and try it, maximum you are going to lose some more cranberries. But I also think the only way to get something right is to keep trying.


While growing up in Kerala, India, we had a similar fruit Lololikka/Lovlolika/Scrambery in the backyard; which grandma used to pickle with salt and bird eye chili. My technique to eat pickles was to washing them in running water and to remove all the chillies; and after salt and heat is adjusted according to my taste bud I will eat.


Last year I think I didn’t cook the cranberries really well, so it ended up getting spoiled very soon. So this time, I took some extra steps to make sure that they taste great and also has some good shelf life as Indian pickle does. Indian version of pickle is entirely different from the pickle available in the store here in US. Yes my daughter loves kosher dill pickles a lot. Our pickles are spicy with red hot chili powder, salty and heavily oily as oil is the one which preserve them from spoiling. Some time there is little vinegar added, but grandma rarely used it in her recipes.


For this cranberry pickle, first I cooked the cranberries until they become soft then added chili powder and spices. Finally adjusted the sourness of cranberries with little touch of honey. You can do that with your favorite sweetener. This is keeper recipe, give it a try, it is spicy and sour with a touch of sweetness from honey.

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Cranberry Achar/ Cranberry Pickle

Rating: 51

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes

Total Time: 25 minutes

Yield: 6

Cranberry Achar/ Cranberry Pickle

Delicious spicy cranberry achar/pickle with hint of sweetness

Ingredients

  • 7.60z/ 216g /little less than a cup fresh cranberries
  • 2 Thai green chilies
  • 1 tablespoon minced ginger
  • 1 teaspoon red chili powder
  • 1 ½ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon turmeric
  • ¼ teaspoon fenugreek powder
  • ¼ teaspoon Asafoetida
  • ¼ cup sesame seed oil
  • ¼ teaspoon honey
  • ¾ teaspoon mustard seeds
  • 2 sprig of curry leaves

Instructions

  1. Heat two tablespoon oil in a thick bottom pan
  2. and add washed, pat dried cranberries chopped into half, ginger and green chilies, salt and 2 sprigs of curry leaves into the pan.
  3. And cook until cranberries become soft, remove from the flame and set aside
  4. In another pan heat rest of the oil and add mustard seeds when it starts to pop switch off the flame and add chili powder, turmeric, asafoetida, fenugreek powder
  5. and mix well then add this mixture to cooked cranberry-chili mixture.
  6. Also add ½ teaspoon honey and mix well.

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This is Swathi ( Ambujom Saraswathy) from Zesty South Indian Kitchen who loves to explore cuisines from all over the world. Whenever possible I try to to give an Indian touch to several of the world cuisine, and has weakness for freshly baked bread.  All the recipes you see here are created by me and approved after taste-test by my family.

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  1. Rafeeda says

    December 30, 2015 at 5:02 am

    Achaar with cranberries is just so interesting…
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  2. Vineetha says

    December 30, 2015 at 11:41 am

    ur blog looks so festive with lot of cranberry posts..achar looks so colourful. Wishing u a happy new year Swathi !
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  3. beena says

    December 30, 2015 at 2:24 pm

    Tempting colorful pickle
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  4. marudhuskitchen says

    December 30, 2015 at 3:56 pm

    super colorful pickle….yummy
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  5. kushi says

    December 31, 2015 at 4:04 am

    Even I prepared it few days back 🙂 Love your version.. looks so yummy!
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  6. tigerfish says

    December 31, 2015 at 5:07 am

    How creative to make cranberry achar!

    Happy New Year to you and your family.

  7. Torviewtoronto says

    December 31, 2015 at 8:15 pm

    the colour of the achar is wonderful Happy New Year

  8. Mullai Madavan says

    January 07, 2016 at 4:01 pm

    Nice interesting combination… achar cranberry looks colorful and will be a delight to the tastebuds!
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SwathiWelcome to Zesty South Indian Kitchen, I am Swathi ( Ambujom Saraswathy) who loves to explore cuisines from all over the world. Whenever possible I try to to give an Indian touch to several of the world cuisine, and has weakness for freshly baked bread. I am mom to two wonderful young kids, and has a wonderful loving husband who gives a up or down vote to the food . All the recipes you see here are created by me and approved after taste-test by my family.
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