Pickled Choko

Being a huge fan of pickled vegetables, I was really surprised that I could not find a recipe for Pickled Choko online.

There were plenty of Choko pickles recipes but nothing that just pickled the thinly sliced Choko.

So, after I had finished pickling some chillis yesterday I had some of the pickling vinegar left over I decided to try putting some thinly sliced Choko into the hot liquid I did not cook it any further just allowed it to sit for a few minutes then bottled it.

As always, my trusty taste tester was there to give me a verdict on how it went,

My Hubby is always up to taste the new stuff from the test kitchen, He gave it the big thumbs up so I am quite confident that this will be a real favorite and will get even better once left in the cupboard for a month to fully pickle.

I just used a very simple pickling vinegar.

1 cup white vinegar

1 cup water

1/2 cup sugar

1 tsp salt

1 bay leaf

About 5 peppercorns

1 tsp yellow mustard seeds

2 cloves of garlic

And if you like chilli 1 or 2 chillies.

Bring to the boil then let sit for about 5 mins

Before filling a jar with the slices of choko

Then pouring over the warm liquid and screwing on the lid.

I used a spiral vegetable slicer to make very thin slices of choko these did not cook but stayed crunchy and when left in the fridge the flavour was lovely.