Green Chilli Pickle or Hari Mirch ka Achar is a delicious North Indian style pickle recipe where fresh green chillies are pickled with mustard seeds and lemon juice. This pickle goes very well with any Indian meals. Here is my mother’s recipe of how to make it.
Be it summer or winter or monsoon, we love having a jar of pickle, ready to be savoured!
Unlike mangoes which are explicitly available only during summer, there are some achar or pickles like Gajar, Gobhi Aur Shalgam Ka Achar that you can make anytime you want!
But out of all, I like nibbling on Hari Mirch Ka Achar Recipe or Green Chilli Pickle Recipe the most!
This pickle is made using fresh, green chillies, mustard seeds, mustard oil and salt.
In order to make it slightly tangy and colourful, lemon juice and turmeric powder are added to it respectively.
These days, ready-made pickles are easily available in markets and superstores.
However, I often have doubts about the quality of ingredients used by manufacturers.
Also, when pickles are made for commercial purposes, I believe somewhere down the line, that personal touch goes away.
Homemade pickles taste way better as we walk extra miles to ensure that the best ingredients are used and the process remains hygienic.
This hari mirch achar recipe is great to add just the right amount of spice to your meal.
It’s also a great way of adding some oomph as the divine spice of the green chillies get masked with the flavored of the pickle.
If you’re one who likes to have a touch of spice in the form of pickled goodness with your meal or if you are regularly reaching out for those achars, then this Rajasthani Achar recipe is a must try.
Therefore, I suggest, buy some fresh, green chillies and prepare this finger-licking pickle.
Store this pickle in a clean jar, keep it near sunlight, shake it well and it is going to remain fresh for more than three months.
Savour it with piping hot Pudina Laccha Parathas or relish it with rice, curries; Hari Mirch Ka Achar Recipe is surely going to tickle your taste buds.
Ingredients
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Step by Step Recipe
Wash the chilies and wipe them using a cotton cloth. Cut them into 2-3 pieces.
Grind mustard seeds in a blender to make a coarse powder.
Mix ground mustard seeds, salt, turmeric powder and ½ cup mustard oil in a bowl.
Mix this masala with the chilies. Add lemon juice in the bowl and mix well with chilies.
Cover the bowl with a cotton cloth. Leave the pickle in the bowl for 2-3 days so that the excess water evaporates.
Fill the pickle in clean glass jars.
Heat ½ cup mustard oil in a pan till it starts to fume. Remove from heat and cool slightly.
Pour the oil in the jar so that the pickle is covered with oil. Keep the jar in sunlight for 3-4 days. The pickle is now ready to use.
Green Chilli Pickle Recipe
Hari Mirch Ka Achar Recipe or Green Chilli Pickle Recipe goes very well with Indian meals. Here is my mother's recipe to make this pickle.
Ingredients
- 500 g Green Chillies
- 1/2 cup Mustard Seeds
- 1/4 cup Salt
- 2 tsp Turmeric Powder
- 1/2 cup Lemon Juice
- 2 cups Mustard Oil
Instructions
Wash the chilies and wipe them using a cotton cloth.
Cut them into 2-3 pieces.
Grind mustard seeds in a blender to make a coarse powder.
Mix ground mustard seeds, salt, turmeric powder and 1/2 cup mustard oil in a bowl.
Mix this masala with chillies.
Add lemon juice in the bowl and mix well with chilies.
Cover the bowl with a cotton cloth.
Leave the pickle in the bowl for 2-3 days so that the excess water evaporates.
Fill the pickle in clean glass jars.
Heat the remaining mustard oil in a pan till it starts to fume.
Remove from heat and cool slightly.
Pour the oil in the jar so that the pickle is covered with oil.
Keep the jar in sunlight for 3-4 days.
The pickle is now ready to use.
This pickle can be stored for 3-4 months in a cool and dry place.
Keep the jar in sunlight every 30 days and keep shaking the pickle after every 30 days.
Recipe Notes
The glass should be clean and free of any moisture.
Make sure to wipe the chillies after washing.
Use clean hands to make the pickle.
Andrea Mehrer
Please what kind of chili can you use that is not so spicy?
Thank You!
Neha Mathur
Any green chilli is fine for this recipe.
Vipina
What oil can be used other than mustard oil?
Neha Mathur
You ca use vegetable oil or even olive oil but Mustard Oil is traditionally used in Indian pickles and it gives a peculiar flavour to the pickles.
Health Diva
Thank You for the recipe. I made the pickle but didn’t keep it in the bowl for a few days. Will definitely do it this time, so that it will last longer. Thanks for the sunlight tip as well. Also, can I decrease the amount of oil in the pickle?
Neha Mathur
Thnx for trying the recipe. Pickles are tricky because they are supposed to be kept for long time. Soaking them with oil aids in this process and there is less chance of them getting spoiled. So I recommend that you use the same amount of oil 🙂
Dilhara
Hi
Would love to try this out. Need to clarify
* Can I use vegetable oil as mustard oil is not freely available
* If I am to make a larger quantity, firstly I leave the bowl of pickle for 3-4 days and thereafter once I bottle them I pour in the heated oil into the individual bottles right?
Neha Mathur
Yes, you can use vegetable oil and second point is also correct.
Soumya
We use sesame oil in south india for pickles. Can i use sesame oil in this recipe too?
Neha Mathur
You can use, but the taste will be quite different.
Maya
Hi Neha , should the bowl with the pickle
be kept in sunlight too ? Also, ones in the jar, could I refrigerate it ? Really looking fwd to trying this recipe . Thanks !
Neha Mathur
Replied to your comment above 🙂
Maya
Hi Neha, was wondering if the bowl
should be kept in sunlight as well ?
Also, can this pickle be refrigerated
ones bottled ? Would love to try this. Thanks .
Neha Mathur
The bowl must be clean and dry. You can keep it in sun to dry, that’s it. This pickle stays good outside for almost a year, so no need to refrigerate.
Dilhara
Also can I use lime juice instead of lemon juice?
Neha Mathur
Yes sure, you can.