Food seems incomplete without pickle. Most Indians like to eat pickle with their food. But it often happens that pickle gets spoiled during the rainy season i.e. it gets moldy. So let us know how to store pickle during the rainy season so that it does not get spoiled.
No matter how simple the food is cooked at home, if sour and spicy pickle is served with it, then the taste of the food increases. Many times it happens that people like to eat roti-paratha with pickle without vegetables. Be it mango, chilli or jackfruit, pickle of any thing is the favorite of most people. It is an important part of the Indian thali, but during the rainy season, there is moisture in the house due to which the fear of fungus on the pickle increases. So now in such a situation, know what you can do to reduce this problem.
If pickle is made once, it does not spoil even for a year, but it is very important to store it properly. Especially during the rainy days, more attention is required. It often happens that during the rainy season, pickles get moldy. There can be many reasons for this. Therefore, you should take some precautions while storing pickles, with the help of which the pickle will not spoil. Let us know in this article that by keeping in mind which things you can save pickles from spoiling even during the rainy days.
Pickle ingredients should be dry
Whenever you make pickle, keep in mind that whatever you are making pickle of like mango, jackfruit, onion, dry it so much that the moisture is reduced. Whatever spices you add in it should not be wet. If this happens then the chances of spoiling of pickle increases due to moisture in the rain.
add more oil and salt
Whenever you make pickle, add plenty of oil and salt to it, because many times it happens that due to lack of salt and oil, the pickle gets moldy and spoils. By doing this, the pickle does not get moldy during the rainy season.
store like this
The way you store pickle after making it is most important. Never keep it in a wet container. Apart from this, try to keep it in a ceramic jar or glass container instead of a plastic container so that the pickle does not spoil even in the rainy season.
Use a dry spoon to take out the pickle
Whenever you are serving pickle with food to someone, keep in mind that the spoon with which you take out the pickle should be dry, because using a wet spoon causes moisture in the pickle due to which it can get spoiled.
Adding these things will prevent fungus from appearing
To protect pickles from fungus, you can add a teaspoon of citric acid or use a teaspoon of vinegar. This prevents fungus from growing in pickles. When you make pickles initially, do not put a lid on the container, instead cover it with a cotton cloth and put the lid on after exposing it to sunlight for a few days.
