Tomato Oil Chilli Pickle

Another FODMAPS friendly recipe. 


1 1/2 tablespoons black mustard seeds (or a combination of yellow and black)
1 1/2 cups malt vinegar
3/4 fresh ginger, chopped
4 garlic cloves
1 1/4 olive oil
1 1/2 tablespoons turmeric
4 tbsp cumin
1 teaspoon chilli powder
20 fresh red chillies (big mild ones)
2 kg tomatoes, chopped
1 cup sugar

For the FODMAPS diet, put the peeled garlic cloves in the olive oil and leave to infuse for at least one hour.  Discard the garlic before using the oil in the cooking.

Soak mustard seeds overnight in vinegar.  Remove mustard seeds from vinegar, and grind in mortar and pestle.  Add fresh ginger (and garlic if you are not following FODMAPS) to the mustard puree.

Heat oil and fry turmeric, cumin and chilli powder.  Add chillies, tomatoes, sugar and mustard puree.  Bring to the boil.  Reduce heat and cook gently until it forms a pulp (oil should float on top after about one hour).

Allow to cool and transfer into clean and sterilized jars.