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Introduction
Pickling
The preservation of food in common salt
(or) in vinegar is known as pickling.
It is one of the most ancient methods of
preserving fruits and vegetables.

Pickles are good appetizers and add to the

palatability of a meal. They stimulate the flow
of gastric juice and thus help in digestion.

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Banana pickle

Banana flower pickle

Banana pseudomonas pickle

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Ingredients:
Salt
Vinegar

Sugar
Spices

Water
Cooking utensils

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Method
Pickling is done in two stages
(1) By curing (or) fermentation with dry salting (or)
fermentation in brine (or) salting without fermentation.
(2) By finishing and packing.

Pickling is the result of fermentation by lactic acid

forming bacteria which are generally present in large
numbers on the surface of fresh vegetables and fruits.

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Bacteria can grow in acid medium and in the presence

of 8-10% salt solution whereas the growth of a majority
of undesirable organisms is inhibited.
Lactic acid bacteria are most active at 30oC, so this
temperature must be maintained as far as possible
in the early stage of pickle making.
When vegetables are placed in brine, it penetrates into
the tissues of the vegetables and soluble material
present in them diffuses into the brine by osmosis.

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The soluble material includes fermentable
sugars and minerals.

The sugars serve as food for lactic acid bacteria

which convert them into lactic acid and other acids.
The acid brine thus formed acts upon
vegetables tissues to produce the
characteristics taste and aroma of pickle.
There are two methods for pickling
1. Dry salting method
2. Fermentation in brine

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Recipe of banana flower pickles

Ingredients
Cleaned banana flower -1 kg
Mustard
- 25 g
Fenugreek
- 25 g
Asafoetida
-5g
Pepper
-10 g
Coriander
-10 g
Cumin seeds - 5 g

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Aniseed
-5g
Galic
- 200 g
Lime juice
- 150 ml
Vinegar
- 200 ml
Turmeric powder- 5 g
Chilli powder - 80 g
Salt
- 90 g
Oil
- 400 ml
Sodium benzoate- 250 ppm

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Recipe of banana flower pickles

Method
Wash the banana flower in water and cut into thin
slices. Heat the oil and add coarsely ground garlic.

Cook the flower in oil.

Roast the mustard, asafetida, aniseed,
cumin and fenugreek and powder it.
Add the powdered ingredients, chilli powder,
pepper powder, coriander powder, salt and
turmeric powder to the boiled mass.

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Method
Then add the lime juice and cook the
pickle in low flame.

Stop cooking when the oil separates out

from the pickle and add vinegar.
Cook the pickle and mix the preservative.

Bottle the pickle in a sterilized container.

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Recipe of banana pseudostem pickles

Ingredients
Banana pseudostem
Mustard
Fenugreek
Asafoetida
Pepper
Coriander
Cumin seeds
Aniseed
Galic

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-1 kg
- 25 g
- 25 g
-5g
-10 g
-10 g
-5g
-5g
- 200 g

Lime juice

- 150 ml

Vinegar

- 200 ml

Turmeric powder- 5 g
Chilli powder

- 80 g

Salt

- 90 g

Oil

- 400 ml

Sodium benzoate- 250 ppm

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Recipe of banana pseudostem pickles

Method
Wash the banana pseudostem in water and cut into thin
slices. Heat the oil and add coarsely ground garlic.

Cook the pieces in oil. Roast the

mustard, asafetida, aniseed, cumin
and fenugreek and powder it.
Add the powdered ingredients, chilli powder,
pepper powder, coriander powder, salt and
turmeric powder to the boiled mass.

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Method
Then add the lime juice and cook the
pickle in low flame.

Stop cooking when the oil separates

out from the pickle and add vinegar.
Cook the pickle and mix the preservative.
Bottle the pickle in a sterilized container.

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