Bharatpur's Unique Buttermilk Chili Pickle: A Winter Delicacy!

• Bharatpur women prepare a traditional chili pickle, a winter specialty.
• Unique method involves soaking thick green chilies in buttermilk in earthen pots for days.
• Buttermilk softens chilies, reduces pungency, and imparts a sweet-sour taste.
• Chilies are then sun-dried, stuffed with local spices (mustard, fenugreek, fennel, turmeric, salt), and preserved in mustard oil.
• The pickle is sun-dried in jars, enhancing flavor and making it a popular winter accompaniment with roti, bajra rabri, and dal-chawal.

Why It Matters: Bharatpur's traditional buttermilk chili pickle offers a unique sweet-sour taste, a winter culinary pride.