Acar Chilies Recipe (Acar Huan Chiu)

Ingredients

  • Red chili - 10 pieces

  • Garlic (sliced) - 5 cloves

  • Cooking oil - 4 tablespoons

  • Papaya (unripe, shredded) - 500 grams

  • Salt - 1 teaspoon

  • sugar - 8 tablespoons

  • Turmeric (sliced) 150 grams

  • Chili padi (bird eye chili) - 3 pieces

  • White vinegar - ½ cup

  • Water - 1 cup

Method

  • Slit red chili in length wise , remove seeds and set aside.

  • Mix shredded papaya, salt and 2 teaspoons of sugar in a bowl and season for 2 minutes. Squeeze dry and stuff it into slit chilies and steam it for 2 minutes. Transfer into a glass jar and set aside.

  • Stir fry sliced turmeric and chili padi in 4 tablespoons of cooking oil until oil become yellow then discard chili padi and sliced turmeric.

  • Mix water, vinegar and 6 tablespoons of sugar and simmer to boil. Let it cool completely then pour it into the glass jar filled with stuffed chilies. Add sliced garlic and pickle for at least 2 days before serve.

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