The Dramatic Hollywood Rabbit

Green Chilli Achaar using Kunal Kapur's YouTube Recipe   Green Chilli Achaar   Personally I am not brave enough to eat green chillies by themselves, however my hubby loves them.  When they are in other food items like moong ki dal pakora or bhel puri, I enjoy the flavor and heat they offer, but I’m not quite up to eating them plain.   Life is still in lockdown and I wanted to make something new.  I had just started the process of putting up 15 kg of lemon achaar.  I had also put up 6 kg of Red Chilli Achaar, when making that one of my staff talked about a green chilli achaar they make in the village.  I asked him for the recipe and all his recipe is to go to his local market and pick up a masala packet and add to green chillies and put in the sun.  When I asked what was in the masala, he didn’t know.  I tried to find something similar online, but no luck.  I forgot about it, because, well, I’m not going to eat it.  Then on...

Friend' achaar - it looks much better than mine. I first had red chilli achaar on a group trip to Varanasi.  We stayed at a lovely boutique hotel that had scrumptious food.  Although I saw many places in Varanasi, I have to say, what I loved the most is the Red Chilli Achaar that was served with lunch and dinner.  While that version had mild heat, it was not painfully hot.  The grainy masala is infused with the pepper flavor and bound by the pepper skin.  It is very different from most other achaars I have tasted.   When we left the hotel I purchased 2 kgs of the special achaar.  My family finished off the achaar very quickly, unfortunately, I could never find that particular flavor in any manufactured brand.  The store bought versions just didn’t satisfy my taste buds. A few months ago, I was talking with a friend about how I was craving the achaar.  She sent me the recipe her husband’s aunt had given her.  Of course it was written...