Pickled carrots with garlic & cumin - Good Food Middle East

Ingredients

• 1kg carrots
• 4 tsp coarse crystal sea salt
• 1 tbsp black peppercorns
• 1 tbsp coriander seeds
• 1 tbsp yellow mustard seeds
• 10 cloves
• few pieces of mace blades
• 1 tbsp cumin seeds
• pinch of dried chilli flakes (optional)
• 2 bay leaves
• ½ tsp turmeric
• 6 sliced garlic cloves
• 700ml white wine vinegar, plus 3½ tbsp
• 100g white sugar