Beetroot- Carrot- Dates -Achar

Ingredients

• Beetroot - 2 cups grated
• Carrot - 2 cups grated
• Red Chilly powder - 2 tbsp
• Sugar - 2 tbsp
• Salt - 1 1/2 tbsp
• Vinegar - 500 ml
• Garlic - 1 cup chopped lengthwise (thin long slivers)
• Green Chilli - 4 chopped
• Dates - 300 gms
• Fenugreek Powder - a pinch
• Asafoetida  - a pinch
• Split mustard seeds - 2 tbs

Recipe

1. In a bowl place the garlic.
2. Pour the vinegar on top. Close the bowl with a lid for 5 minutes.
3. Add the grated beetroot.
4. Add the grated carrot. Close it with a lid every time you finish adding an ingredient.
5. Add all the ingredients one by one - chilly, chilly powder, salt, sugar, dates, fenugreek, asafoetida and split mustard seeds.
6. Mix well.
7. Close the lid and keep aside for an hour. 
8. Check the taste and add salt, chilly if required.
   Use it the next day.