Strawberry Pickle

Ingredients                                        

Strawberries	1 punnet (250 gms)
Mustard seeds	½ tspn
Hing	¼ tspn
Pickle masala	2 tbspn
Salt	As per your taste
Oil	1 tsp

Method

1. Wash and cut the strawberries into very tiny pieces. Put the cut pieces in a bowl.
2. Add pickle masala and salt and mix thoroughly. If you are using ready-made pickle masala, then add only a tiny bit of salt as the masala already contains salt). If you don’t have readymade pickle masala, then fry about  10 red chillies and 1 tsp of methi seeds without oil and when it is cool powder them.
3. Heat oil and add mustard seeds. When it splutters, add hing and pour this over the strawberries. Mix thoroughly and store it in an air tight container.
4. If you find the strawberries very sweet then add lemon/lime juice it gives sourness to the pickle.
5. If you don't want to add oil to the pickle just mix the pickle masala and can be eaten straight away.