The sourness of the lemon spreading throughout the mouth is something you want to have with the sweet curds and white rice. It gives an immense tummy filling satisfaction by the end of the plate! And if you are a ‘sour food liking’ person, lime pickles are totally your type of dishes. For this, all you need is lemons cut into pieces, turmeric, crystal salts and the right procedure to make it.

Unlike the ready-made mango pickles from plastic jars, freshly made raw mango pickles are totally worth the wait for mango season. You would want to eat just the mango pickles while licking your fingers. No wonder these pickles are the first ones to be empty in the jar. They taste the best when pieces of hard, raw mangoes are marinated with salt and turmeric powder, let to settle for a day or two. Moms better make them more in advance, for they are gonna be done-and-dusted soon!

Pickle usually gives the idea of spicy side dish along with the main courses. Since carrot is usually sweet or not-so-sweet vegetable, the specialty of carrot pickle lies in the making of it. A typical Andhra style carrot pickle is spicy, hot and slightly tangy that comes with lemon juice.

This one is mostly made on a daily basis in the Indian kitchens. Usually, good going along with the main dish normally serves as a salad. The bitter taste of onions along with sourness of lemon, spice of chili powder is a treat to your taste buds.

The ripe tomatoes are mainly cooked along with mustard powder and the Indian masalas give the exact taste that an Indian wants to experience. Tomato pickles are always a great commercial market to the pickle companies.

Mostly famous in the western countries, cucumber pickle is nothing but pickling of a cucumber in vinegar for a certain time. It is mostly a dish you eat when you are normally bored! And tastes very good!

Scientifically talking, garlic have good medicinal properties because of a compound called allicin present in them. And garlic pickles have been one of the oldest in times. No wonder our ancestors were very healthy and strong.

Definitely hot and spicy, green chili pickles are a feast to the ones who love spicy food items. They are mostly had along with plain rice or usually with plain blend parathas.

As much as all of us don’t prefer eating this vegetable, it has the most applications in both medical field and as food variety. The pickle definitely tastes bitter but tastes better when had along with white rice and curds. Not most of us would like it, but have to admit, that it is one of the favorites to our grandmas!.

Not very famous, this ground vegetable which cleans your blood, can be a wonderful side dish in your food plate. And definitely, has a wonderful color, you cannot ignore eating this one.

A colorful delight to your eyes with red, yellow and green colored capsicums or bell peppers, one cannot stop you from tasting one of those pickled pieces. Along with mustard oil, you can feel the pickle melt down in your mouth.

Mentioning this one a little late, but nevertheless is the taste! Be it raw amla, or the pickled one, the taste definitely stays on the tongue for a certain time. The mixed sweetness and salty taste are definitely going to make you want to eat more of it.