Achard de Légumes (Pickled vegetables)

Achard is among one of my favourite Mauritian cuisine dishes. This is vegetarian dish and tastes so good. It normally made with cabbage, carrots and green beans. The vegetables are cooked in a mustard-tumeric mix which gives it a yellowish finish.

ACHARD RECIPE

Ingredients:
1/2 cabbage, shredded
1 carrot, peeled and julienned
1 handful of green bean, sliced half way lengthwise
2 cloves of garlic
2 tsp of mustard grain
2 tbs of vegetable oil
2 tsp tumeric powder
Salt and pepper
1 tbs of vinegar

Method:
1. With a pestle and mortar, pound the garlic with 1 tsp of mustard grain. Mix in with the tumeric, the other tsp of mustard grain and oil.
2. In a pan, heat the mixture. When hot, add the vegetables and cook until they are nearly wilted.
3. Season with salt and pepper.
4. When cooled, stir in the vinegar.
5. Serve.

Note: I did not have green beans on hand, but it would have add a lovely green colour to the dish.