Sir Torshi Step-by-Step Recipe _ Homemade Persian Pickled Garlic

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The name Sir Torshi(pickled garlic) reminds me of cold winter days and delicious food. We always ate my mother’s well-established and excellent pickled garlic on Friday afternoons with delicious broth.

A great and magical combination that you will not find anywhere in the world.
Usually, we kept pickled garlic in big pots in very cool areas of the house or yard, away from the sun.

We always fought with our brothers and sisters about who would go out in that cold and bring pickled garlic from the pot.

Sir torshi (Seer Torshi), or Persian pickled garlic is one of the most delicious pickles for Iranian food. It is a simple combination of garlic, vinegar, salt and water.

Today in Meals Cook we will teach you how to prepare torshi sir with apple vinegar and fresh garlic in a simple way. Stay with us.

Ingredients :

Garlic	2.2 pound
Apple or grape vinegar	as needed
Salt	1 tsp

Sir torshi recipe:

 

Instruction :

1. In the first step of torshi seer recipe :

Cut the roots of the garlic with a knife.  Then peel it except for the last layer. Wash the garlic and leave it to dry in the sun.

2. Pour the garlic into the container of your pickle.

3. Add salt & water to the garlic.

4. Slowly pour the vinegar over the garlic and fill the container to the top.

5. Close the lid of the jar tightly so that there is no air in it. Brown garlic is very soft and delicious.

Seer torshi is served with Persian foods such as Baghali Polo Ba Mahiche, Abgoosht, and Kalam polo Shirazi.

History :

 

There is a difference of opinion as to which country exactly pickled garlic originated in. Some people believe that the origin of Sir Torshi was in India 4000 years ago, and some consider the life of this Picled to be about 2000 years ago and its origin in Mesopotamia.

Garlic (Allium sativum) is a species of bulbous flowering plant in the genus Allium. Its close relatives include the onion, shallot, leek, chive,^[2] Welsh onion, and Chinese onion.^[3] It is native to South Asia, Central Asia and northeastern Iran and has long been used as a seasoning worldwide, with a history of several thousand years of human consumption and use.

Sourced: wikipedia

 

If the pickle is left or old, fungi will grow inside it, which can cause cancer, so it is better to avoid consuming leftover pickle.

It is possible to use preservatives and food colors in ready-made pickles, both factory-made and open-in shops, and there is no supervision on these open pickles, so they may be contaminated with fungi; so if you want to eat pickles, make and eat pickles yourself at home.

The belief that eating pickles can reduce blood fat or eating it with food can remove fat from foods is wrong and has no scientific basis. Consumption of pickles causes increased appetite, overeating, and eventually obesity.

9 Tips for preparing Persian pickled garlic:

• In Persian pickled garlic, you can use natural apple vinegar or any other vinegar, except white vinegar and balsamic vinegar, because balsamic is both economically expensive and gives a sweet taste to seer torshi, which is not interesting.
• Adding some sprigs of tarragon can give your torshi a better flavor.
• The longer the pickled garlic is left, the better.
• You can also use aromatic vegetables in seer torshi.
• You can put a bay leaf or a thyme branch inside the pickled garlic.
• If you put this in front of the sun, they will be ready sooner, and your garlic will be soft and sweet.
• If you store pickled garlic in a dark and cool place, it will become hard and spicy.
• Some people also add date juice or pomegranate concentrate to this.
• You can also use date vinegar.
• This authentic pickle is one of the top 10 Persian pickles.

FAQ  :

1. What is Sir Torshi?

The meaning of pickled garlic is garlic preserved in vinegar.

2. What is torshi in English?

Torshi in English means “Pickles”.

3. What foods do you eat with pickled garlic??

The Persian foods that are used with pickled garlic include Sabzi Polo Ba Mahi, Abgoosht, and Baghali Polo Ba Mahicheh.

4. How long does it take to prepare pickled garlic?

Pickled garlic needs at least 6 months to prepare well. The longer this pickle stays, the better its taste will be. 7-year-old pickled garlic especially has more properties and tastes better.

5. Is Seer Torshi hot or cold in nature؟

Garlic has a hot and dry nature, while vinegar has a cold nature. Therefore, pickled garlic is a combination of these two natures, and after several years, it becomes balanced, making it suitable for most people.

6. What factors cause the deterioration of pickled garlic?

The use of inappropriate raw materials such as old and damaged garlic, the use of low-quality or impure vinegar, the entry of air into the pickle container, and the storage of pickles at an improper temperature will cause the deterioration of pickled garlic.

9. Benefits of eating pickled garlic?

Pickled garlic is used to treat high blood pressure, cold blood concentration, and other cases.

10. Is pickled garlic good for the body?

Yes, garlic alone has great properties for the body, and pickled garlic has all these great properties.