souring agent
Pickle paste with oil
Achaar
Measured by weight in grams; no spoon or piece conversion needed.
Instead of Pickle paste with oil
No single ingredient truly replaces pickle paste with oil; mashed pickle is the closest.
PickleMash or blend to a paste; use the same weight and add a little oil if it is dry. It gives the closest sour-spiced flavour.
Mango pickleMash to a paste and use the same weight; it is sharper, so reduce any extra lemon or tamarind.
Tamarind pasteUse about 70% of the weight with a pinch of chilli and salt; it gives sourness but lacks the pickle spices.
