Easy Pickle Recipe You Should Try: Indonesia’s Asinan Salak

There are seriously numerous kinds of pickles you can find throughout the world. And as you can tell, mostly, they taste sour and fresh. The crunching sounds you make when biting each piece of it can be very addicting too. Ingredients for pickles may vary; can be either vegetables or fruits. From pickled cucumber to kimchi, some countries have pickles as a side dish or a compliment for their savory food. However, there is no rule for when exactly the right time to enjoy pickles. They are perfect to enjoy as it is, especially on the day you feel like craving some snacks but don’t fancy the guilt of fast food. If you are down to try making it yourself, Agrifresh has that one easy pickle recipe that does not even take too long of a process to go through.

Ps: if you are on a low-sodium diet, you might want to avoid eating too much pickle since pickling is a fermentation method that often uses loads of salt.

Easy Pickle Recipe that You Can Try at Home: Asinan Salak

Today, we are using an easy pickle recipe for one of the exotic fruits in Indonesia, salak or snake fruit. January is the harvesting season for snake fruits in Indonesia and what’s a better way of preserving these produces than getting it as the main ingredient for Asinan Salak or Snake Fruit Pickle. One thing to keep in mind during the brining process is you need to bring them into a mix of salt, sugar, vinegar, and water solution. You can get creative to combine other fruits like jicama, cucumber, and many more. But if you want to keep it simple, you can just stick to one fruit.

You can get 4 good portions out of this easy pickle recipe.

Cooking time: excluding the prep only takes you more or less than 15 minutes.

Ingredients for an easy pickle recipe of snake fruit pickle or asinan salak

• Snake fruit

• 3 Indonesian curly red chilies or cayenne peppers

• 3 bird’s eye chilies (spicier in taste so add according to your preference)

• 1 small block or ½ tbsp of a roasted shrimp paste

• 3 full tsp Sugar or honey

• 1 tbsp salt

• 4 tbsp vinegar, any kinds of vinegar will do like white vinegar, red cider vinegar, etc.

• 500ml Water

• 1 lime

Equipment for an easy pickle recipe of snake fruit pickle or asinan salak

• Pot

• Chopping board

• Mortar and pestle or blender

• Spoons: tablespoon and teaspoon

• Bowl

• Knife

• Fork

Instructions

1. Roasting the chilies and shrimp paste block. This easy pickle recipe requires nicely charred chilies and shrimp paste before grinding them up in your mortar and pestle or blender. Gear up your burner or gas stove. Before grilling the shrimp paste and chilies, press your sharp points of the fork to the ingredients then thoroughly burn them over the stove in medium fire until they are blackened and permeate savory fragrant.
2. The next step for this easy pickle recipe is getting your snake fruit ready. Peel off the skins carefully and thickly cut them into small pieces on your chopping board then put them aside into the bowl.
3. Grinding the spices. To create the smooth paste, prepare your mortar and pestle, roasted shrimp paste and chilies, and lime juice. Put them all into the mortar and pestle and start grinding them until it makes a smooth paste.
4. In a pot, pour 500ml of water and the paste. Flick your stove on medium heat. Stir them thoroughly, put the salt and sugar into the solution, and wait until they are boiled down. Turn off the stove and rest them aside.
5. In your snake fruit bowl, give 4 tablespoons of vinegar. If you like your pickle more acidic in flavor, add some more. Pour the solution into the bowl and adjust the flavor to your liking.
6. Last step for this easy pickle recipe is to leave them overnight in a sealed bowl or a jar to cool down in your fridge before serving.

How Many Calories Contained in Fruit Pickles?

1 cup of fruit pickle amounting to 240gr has 146 calories. Fruit pickle is rich in fiber, protein, and vitamin D.  For nutrition contained in snack fruit please refer to this article 7 Things You Need to Know about Salak Bali Fruit.

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