Nyonya Vegetable Pickle Recipe | Homemade Pickle

Ingredients

• 3 tbsp vegetable oil
• 100g white sugar
• 1 1/2 tsp fine sea salt
• 150ml rice vinegar
• 100g pineapple, cut into 2cm thick wedges
• 150g peanuts, roasted and coarsely pounded
• 4 tbsp sesame seeds (ideally 1 tbsp black and 3 tbsp white), roasted
• 2 tbsp coriander seeds, roasted
• 1 stalk lemongrass (use the bottom part only)
• 10 dried chillies, soaked in boiling water for 10 minutes
• 3 shallots
• 4 cloves of garlic
• 2.5cm fresh turmeric
• 2.5cm fresh galangal (or ginger)
• 4 macadamia nuts
• 1 1/2 tsp shrimp paste, dry-toasted
• 200ml vinegar
• 2 tbsp white sugar
• 1 tsp fine sea salt
• 250g purple aubergines, cut into 5cm strips
• 300g white cabbage, cut into 2cm wide pieces
• 100g cauliflower, cut into small florets
• 100g carrots, peeled and cut into 5cm strips
• 100g fine green beans, cut into 5cm pieces
• 6 bird’s-eye chillies
• 500g cucumber, peeled, deseeded and cut into 5cm long strips