512360 Wed Apr 23 15:54:38 -0700 2008 34 27 General Chowhounding Topics 0 3623822 This thing goes like crack in our household. I have been enjoying it with leftover rotisserie chicken, putting it in sandwiches with cold cuts (Montreal smoked meat and lime pickle is a good combination as well) or cheese. If I knew that it would taste good with Oreos, I would even try that, but that seems like a bit of stretch. But, there should be something that I haven't thought of. Chowhounders help me. Hhow can I add more lime pickle to my diet? Wed Apr 23 15:54:39 -0700 2008 53259 emerilcantcook 1 3624566 Is this the Indian condiment? Wed Apr 23 20:38:27 -0700 2008 3623822 111530 gordeaux 2 3624700 Yes, I am talking about the Indian lime pickle. Should have specified it, sorry. Wed Apr 23 21:53:09 -0700 2008 3624566 53259 emerilcantcook 3 3626106 I do something kinda funky with it. chop the bigger pieces up a little, and puree it in a blender with sour cream for a killer dip for potato chips. I still am getting used to eating straight indian "pickles." They are kind of a shock to the palate. I also make a pickle curry (achari gosht.) Standard Indian spices (mustard seed, curry leaf, turmeric, a garam masala, and then use that with a liquid to braise a meat with a good amount of a pickle added (usually chili pickle.) Thu Apr 24 11:12:57 -0700 2008 3624700 111530 gordeaux 3 3652344 Wow! sounds divine, Emeril! Thanks for the suggestions! I especially love the curry idea...and the dip doesn't sound bad, either! Fri May 02 22:11:01 -0700 2008 3624700 130833 AhmHongree 1 3628213 I probably don't have any new suggestions for you; I just wanted to express my solidarity. Hot lime pickle is the single greatest thing I've discovered since moving to the UK. I eat it with everything. I particularly like it with a soup I make from red lentils and sweet potato. It's always good with dal dishes. Fri Apr 25 02:38:17 -0700 2008 3623822 14139 Kagey 2 3649467 I found a particularly good version at the London Food Festival the other week, which I think is stocked in Whole Foods. I bought the sweet lime pickle, which was slightly less hot, but delicious. Fri May 02 06:40:57 -0700 2008 3628213 110146 greedygirl 3 3652468 Interesting. Do you know the name? I don't live in London, so I've not yet had the opportunity to go to Whole Foods. But there's a good brand called Anila's that they sell at the street markets and in our local health food/gourmet shop here. I think they also do both sweet and hot lime pickle, as well as lots of other pickles, sauces, etc. Sat May 03 01:46:27 -0700 2008 3649467 14139 Kagey 4 3653781 That's the one! Loved it. Also bought a great aubergine chutney from a small producer called Karimix. I also love Mrs Bassa's garlic pickle which she sells at Borough market and also online, I believe. http://www.mbik.co.uk/ Sat May 03 15:44:29 -0700 2008 3652468 110146 greedygirl 5 3654540 Ooh thanks for the tip. I may have to order some new pickles soon! Sun May 04 02:00:30 -0700 2008 3653781 14139 Kagey 1 3628337 I sometimes have it with scrambled eggs for breakfast (something I picked up from a friend I stayed with when I traveled in the UK many years ago). Fri Apr 25 05:48:27 -0700 2008 3623822 145820 fmed 1 3630075 Sometimes I'll just eat plain white rice and lime pickle. And like you, I enjoy it with rotisserie chicken. I can't eat Coco Rico chicken without the stuff now. Fri Apr 25 13:40:13 -0700 2008 3623822 89969 moh 1 3630140 I like the flavour, but sometimes find it a bit too chunky, in which case I give it a quick whizz in the food processor. It's good with a grilled or pan fried white fish like haddock or cod (which we should not be eating) sprinkled with a touch of garam masala, but just small amounts of both the pickle and the gm so as to avoid overwhelming the fish. Serve with sauteed spinach and aloo gobi. Fri Apr 25 13:54:49 -0700 2008 3623822 91415 hungry_pangolin 2 3630153 I have got to get me some of these to play with.... Fri Apr 25 13:58:38 -0700 2008 3630140 11599 Alice Letseat 1 3644485 I hated lime pickle when I was a kid and I haven't revisited it since (I probably should, I bet I would like it), but have you tried Vadu Manga (young mango) pickle? THAT is the best stuff. So is the tomato pickle, but I haven't seen much of it lately. I think I'm gonna go eat some right now. Yum. Wed Apr 30 14:45:48 -0700 2008 3623822 19354 scarlet starlet 2 3649494 Lime pickle is not my fav (don't like the slight bitter undertone) but I am crazy about both mango pickle (vadu and reg) and chili pickle. some uses: mango pickle in tuna salad or with scrambled eggs chili pickle in egg salad or deviled eggs a sandwich with swiss or jarlsberg cheese and some chili pickle and mayo. chili pickle and mayo is a great combo. we buy many jars of mango pickle at a time and it goes fast. (chili pickle lasts a little longer, as a little can go a long way) i totally also love plain rice with yogurt and pickle, which is how my bombay relatives finish every meal. also in the same vein is the chinese fermented bean curd with chili. there was a time when i would spoon this stuff straight from the jar. Fri May 02 06:48:08 -0700 2008 3644485 12221 missmasala 3 3652348 Miss, what brand do you suggest? I have been having a problem finding a commercial bottled lime pickle that is as tasty as those found in good Indian restaurants. Would love to find some yummy pickle ready-made in a jar. I have access to many Indian grocery stores in my area. Thanks! Fri May 02 22:13:41 -0700 2008 3649494 130833 AhmHongree 1 3649340 I just received a case (6 bottles) of lime pickle that I buy every few months...I use it as a condiment but just as often I find myself eating it right out of the jar with a teaspoon! Fri May 02 05:36:38 -0700 2008 3623822 186083 birdmonk 1 3649975 I use lime pickle thinned with a little olive oil underneath seafood on a pizza. darther Fri May 02 09:02:59 -0700 2008 3623822 188913 darther 1 3650043 Any particular brands you recommend. Sources? Fri May 02 09:15:09 -0700 2008 3623822 14918 Trucster 2 3660066 I'm partial to Bedekar's - it's the kind my parents always had in the house when I was growing up. However, it's not as easy to find as the more ubiquitous Priya brand. Priya isn't by any means bad, though, so if that's all you can find, get it - it's good! I think the Patak's brand pickles are really bad. They're very...British, I guess. Not at all authentic. Avoid! Mon May 05 20:30:12 -0700 2008 3650043 19354 scarlet starlet 3 3676808 I finally scored a bottle of Bedekar's. It was actually cheaper than Patak's (2.5 bucks) at an otherwise somewhat overpriced (but immaculately stocked) store (La Depense in Montreal). I am ruined now, I don't think I can go back to Patak's slightly fake lime taste anymore. Sun May 11 11:34:52 -0700 2008 3660066 53259 emerilcantcook 1 3652446 What is lime (or mango) pickle? Is this like a chutney? Sat May 03 00:37:15 -0700 2008 3623822 173425 Jen76 2 3652469 It's an Indian condiment made from lime, spices, and usually mustard oil. I'm not sure what the technical difference is between a pickle and a chutney, but I use them pretty interchangeably. Go to an Indian market and you should find lots of pickles: lime, mango, chilli, lemon, etc. Sat May 03 01:49:58 -0700 2008 3652446 14139 Kagey 3 3652612 Pickles are usually savoury and spicy. The chutneys tend to be sweetened, usually there is some kind of cooked fruit involved, and sugar. Chutneys often have a vinegar tang to them, but are usually not as spicy and salty as the pickles. Sat May 03 05:55:25 -0700 2008 3652469 89969 moh 1 3658439 OK. I'm intrigued. Is this the spicy green liquid that is often served with Naan? Regardless, I want to try it. Do I have to go to an Indian speciality store or might Trader Joes or Wegmanns have it? And is "Lime Pickle" the name that would be on the jar? Thanks. Mon May 05 12:33:36 -0700 2008 3623822 12667 Meg 2 3658472 I don't think so - it's more of a chutney than a liquid, with chunks of lime in it. In England you can get it in every supermarket, but I don't know about America. Mon May 05 12:39:20 -0700 2008 3658439 110146 greedygirl 2 3660377 The big local supermarket chains in New England, Shaws and Stop and Shop, generally carry one or two types of pickle with the chutneys and Patak sauces, but you do have to go to an Indian market (which aren't at all hard to find, at least up here in Boston) for the full spread. I like lime pickle the best too, though I also like garlic pickle and mango pickle. I was disappointed in eggplant pickle, which I'd thought I would like more. Meg: it's definitely not the sauce you get with naan alongside the onion-tomato relish and the tamarind paste. This is something else entirely. Tue May 06 00:29:21 -0700 2008 3658439 17548 BarmyFotheringayPhipps 2 3663876 The spicy green liquid you refer to could be a coriander relish, but not sure. Lime pickle will be called "lime pickle." It usually comes in hot or sweet, and it's got the consistency of a thick jam, with lots of big pieces of lime. As someone else said, you can probably find Patak's brand (the most common brand here in the UK too) in a specialty shop in the US. See this link: http://www.pataks.co.uk/products/index.php?mode=product&ean=5011308000307 Wed May 07 00:42:49 -0700 2008 3658439 14139 Kagey 3 3663952 Ok here goes: Pickles are usually preserved. Chutneys are usually fresh (eaten within a day or two of making). Thus, pickles usually contain some kind of preservative (oil, vinegar, lots of salt, etc.) and have to sit a few days in the sun or something to 'pickle'. Chutneys are eaten fresh. That's the main difference, not texture or taste or main ingredient. For e.g. you can have tomato pickle and you can have tomato chutney. You can have mango pickle and mango chutney. Some preparations of course, defy exact classification. Some things, like coconut, you only have chutney, not pickle. Both pickles and chutneys can be hot, or sweet, or sweet/hot or sweet/sour, etc. depending on the main ingredients and spices used. The same main ingredient (e.g. raw/ unripe mangoes) can be made very tart and hot, or more sweet and sour, for example. There are countless recipes for chutneys and pickles, depending on the region and community of the subcontinent, main ingredient, etc. Really far too many to enumerate. The same ingredient (e.g. lime or raw mango or tomato) will receive a totally different treatment in Pakistan vs. Punjab vs. Gujarat vs. Tamil Nadu, vs. Andhra Pradesh, etc. Some regions / communities (e.g. Goa or Kerala Christian) have really good non vegetarian pickles (e.g. prawn pickle, chicken pickle, etc.). Some regions have iconic pickles (e.g. stuffed red chillies from UP, mixed vegetable pickle containing cauliflower, turnip and carrot from Punjab, vadu manga from South India, etc.). The green liquidy thing in Indian restaurants is cilantro (coriander) chutney. The brown one is usually tamarind chutney. Both these are popular dips for pakoras, samosas, chaats, etc. South Indian restaurants have coconut chutney too. Chutneys tend to be more runny because they are fresh, though the bottled versions apparently are more chunky. The bottled 'chutneys' available in the West are not used in Indian kitchens (e.g. Major Grey or whatever). There are several good Indian brands, though personal tastes vary. Priya is good, there's one called Mother's, etc. The one offering of Patak that I like is the aubergine (eggplant) pickle. It's got a great balance of sweet, tart, and hot. I've tried other brands for this pickle and they were not good. For vadu mango I like Mother's. For mixed pickle I like Priya. There are a few lime pickles that are good too (depending on whether you like the hotter/saltier, or the sweeter, kind). But this is not even scratching the surface. Make friends with a desi grandmother and get a crash course in pickle and chutney making and appreciation. But from now, don't mix up pickles and chutneys, please :) Wed May 07 03:40:45 -0700 2008 3663876 116187 Rasam 4 3663962 Oh: applications! It was really good to read all the interesting suggestions here: mixed with mayo or yogurt or cheese to make dips etc. I like using pickle OR chutney as a sandwich spread, especially paired with avocado and cheese. With Indian food of course, pickle is a staple on the table along with dal and rice, or chapatis/rotis/other breads and the usual range of dishes, and the South Indian classic: yogurt-rice with lime or mango pickle or tomato thokku or (mango + garlic) avakaaya, etc. Parathas and achaar is a standard breakfast food in some regions. I really like the Kerala style green peppercorn pickle, though it's incendiary hot even for me. Sigh.... Off to get some..... Chutneys are almost always served along with things that need a dip: vadais, dosais, or they are added to chaats, etc. Wed May 07 03:53:12 -0700 2008 3663952 116187 Rasam 4 3664121 Thanks for that very good overview! But I'm a bit confused because there are tons of bottled "chutneys" you can buy in all the shops here in the UK (mango chutney being among the most popular). So you would argue that those aren't chutneys? Technically, you might be able to call them "preserves," because they certainly aren't fresh. Wed May 07 05:50:09 -0700 2008 3663952 14139 Kagey 5 3664579 Hi Kagey: the term "chutney" appears to have been taken over and bastardized overseas the same way the term "curry" has been. I don't know what is in all the bottles being sold as chutney in the UK, ingredients, recipes, etc. so I can't answer your question very exactly. If you like the products buy them, and use them any way that tastes good. I guess that's the bottom line. Wed May 07 08:34:26 -0700 2008 3664121 116187 Rasam 4 3664590 PS: there's also the genre called "murabba" or "morabba" which are similar to spiced jams (i.e. more fruity and sugary than pickles). You almost never see these being sold in bottles. Wed May 07 08:36:19 -0700 2008 3663952 116187 Rasam 1 3726034 I had a job once that made me start work very early in the morning. The breakfast I brought to work was designed to wake me up: Peanut butter and Indian pickle sandwiches, on toasted sourdough bread. Yeah ... really. I made the sandwiches with all kinds of pickles but was most partial to lime pickle or mixed veggie pickle. Some was homemade, sold by a locall restaurant. Other was commercial brands in jars. I like Ahmed's and Shan brands best. To me, they seem more like homemade than some other brands. Tue May 27 21:36:32 -0700 2008 3623822 134716 emu48