Once again, I used peanuts, as I was unable to find candlenut in Regional New South Wales.
I used half and half , of white vinegar and rice wine vinegar this time, and it tasted a whole lot better. Sweeter!
I didn't boil them this time as I wanted a bit of crunch on the vegetables. So I gave them a salt bath instead, the veges had a spa day :)
You can choose to have as many or as little veges as you like. The main important ones are cucumber, carrots and string beans. I used green beans as I was unable to find long beans at this time. Telegraph cucumber was almost $5 each, so I bought a bag of 4 Lebanese cucumber for $5 instead.
It's better if you can use fresh tumeric, but nobody is going to be any wiser if you use tumeric powder instead. I have also added grinded lemongrass this time and omitted the dried shrimps.
I added 5 Habernaro chillies to the red ones for an extra punch and kicks. Don't let the yellowness fool you, this batch of pickles packs plenty of punch!
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Lemongrass, shallots, garlic, red chillies, Habenaro chillies and tumeric powder |