₹286 · Moms Tree, Kamola. Cash on delivery across India. करेला अचार — karela pickle, made from bitter gourd, in a 500 g jar from Moms Tree in Kamola…
करेला अचार — karela pickle, made from bitter gourd, in a 500 g jar from Moms Tree in Kamola, Uttarakhand.
Pickling tames some of karela's bitterness while keeping its character: the slices are salted, dried and then put up in oil with spices, which gives a pickle that is bitter, sour and spicy at once. People who like karela tend to love this one with dal, rice and parathas.
Store the jar in a cool spot out of direct sun, keep the lid tight and the karela under the oil, and always use a dry spoon.
Yes. Moms Tree takes cash on delivery, so nothing is paid up front and nothing is charged until the parcel is in your hands.
Arrives by Mon, 16 Nov for most addresses. It is packed and sent by Moms Tree in kamola — not from a warehouse — so it leaves the hills the same week you order it.
Moms Tree, in kamola. Basket of Pahad does not hold stock or pack parcels — the shop does both. We take the payment and hold it until the order reaches you.
Food that has been opened cannot be returned. Anything that arrives damaged, leaking, short, or not what the page said is refunded in full — tell us within 48 hours.
Hill achaar is sour, salty and pungent from mustard oil, and usually less sweet than bottled brands. Galgal and lemon pickles are sharp and bitter-edged, lingda keeps a green crunch, and chutneys such as bhang ki chutney are nutty and tangy.
A small spoon goes on the side of every plate: with dal and rice, with parathas and madua roti, with aloo ke gutke and with khichdi. Chutneys are also stirred into raita or eaten with roasted bhatt as a snack.
Keep the pieces under the oil and the lid tightly closed, out of direct sun. Always use a dry, clean spoon. Fresh chutneys go in the fridge once opened, and in very humid weather the fridge is a safe place for an opened pickle jar too.
Oil-and-salt pickles usually keep for months sealed; fresh chutneys keep for much less once opened. The jar's label gives the shop's own best-before date.
Mustard oil can seep past a lid on a warm journey, especially if the jar is filled to the top. Wipe the jar, check the pieces are still under oil, and top up with a little mustard oil if needed.
Hill pickles are made with raw mustard oil, more salt and less sugar than most bottled brands, and are sunned rather than cooked. The sharpness mellows a little after a week or two once opened.
If it is fuzzy or smells off, it is mould, usually from a wet spoon or a piece above the oil, and the jar should be thrown away. Clouding in the oil itself in cold weather is just the oil thickening and clears when it warms.