| | |  | Vegetable Relishes | Home » » » » » » MTR Mixed VegetablePickle, 10.58-Ounce Plastic Bottles (Pack of 8) | | | | | | | Description: | | This is a mixed vegetable pickle variety that is famous in North India and is deliciously spicy and tangy. | | | Features: | |
• Pack of eight, 10.56-ounce bottles (total of 84.48 ounces)
• Made from lime, vegetables and aromatic spices
• Product of India
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Weight:
| 84.48 Ounces | | Package Length:
| 10.5 inches | | Package Width:
| 8.5 inches | | Package Height:
| 2.7 inches | | Package Weight:
| 5.9 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 2 reviews |
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3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 Nice Pickle, Very Good DealJun 26, 2011
By Elizabeth Spieler
I usually buy Indian mixed pickles in a large can but gave the MTR brand a shot and was pleasantly surprised. Very strong, spicy flavor and aftertaste, you can tell there's Asafoetida (sort of a gum resin, used as a digestive aid, popular in Indian pickles and often substituted for onions and garlic in cooking by some as a religious preference). Has a bit of sauce with the vegetables which for me is great. A little can go along way and it's a great condiment for rice and some Indian meals. I've eaten this out of the jar by the spoonful, it's one of those tastes one can aquire and find hard to shake.
This is advertised as a pack of 8. I noticed that it was delivered in a 9-pack with one missing. The quantity delivered is right, just made me do a double take and grin, thinking of a shopkeeper putting individual jars on his shelves when he could have charged me a bit more for the entire pack and saved himself the hassle of opening all those flats to pull one out of each. Sort of an Apu-Simpsons moment.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 a little too salty for my tasteSep 24, 2011
By E. Swope
I will start by noting that I am a long time fan of Patak's Patak's Mixed Relish, Hot, 10-Ounce Glass Jars (Pack of 6) with their mixed pickle among my favorite things; (an understatement, I would almost call it an addiction BUT *the* store which carries it locally has almost tripled the price, so I turned to Amazon... hoping, but, alas, they will not ship to Hawaii.
I have found quite a few things here which are as good as, some even better than, my old "tried and true" and so I gave the MTR pickle a try. The price is exceptional. No complaints in that department, but I personally found this pickle a bit too salty. The consistency is also different, not as chunky.
Now these things are a matter of personal taste, likely more so with respect to food than anything else I can think of. It is also a bit of a challenge to describe, particularly if you do not know, or necessarily share someone's personal taste.
This is not a bad product and I can imagine a lot of people liking it more than I. Any pickle is going to have a good deal of salt because... that's what a pickle is: something preserved in salt. I tend to go lower on salt than most. That said, if you like salty foods, you will like this better than I did. I also prefer a chunkier consistency. This pickle approaches a spread. Again, this is not necessarily a bad thing, more a matter of personal taste.
I like the spice blend in Patak's better as well, and this is the most difficult to describe as it is subtle and noone wants to detail their recipe(and I can not think of a single ingredient which stands out). So, all I can say is that I did not like it as much
The MTR pickle is also not as hot, and I personally like HOT. This is a place where many people will not share my personal preference, as I know from experience that I eat food hotter than the vast majority of people (It was years before my husband could eat curries as hot as I tend to order or prepare them).
As Indian pickles go, in my experience, this is on the milder side. Judging by the reviews I have read of several products here, *most* people will differ from my tastes in this area and probably prefer a relatively milder pickle.
All that said, this is a condiment which one would add to bring up the heat in a dish, maybe make it a little more flavorful. I frequently have Annies frozen entrees for lunch (quick, convenient and healthy); the ones available locally being the spinach and paneer, and one or 2 bean curries with rice. i find them fairly bland and *always* add pickle (I think without the pickle I would not enjoy them, maybe not eat them at all!). I think the MTR mixed pickle will work OK to spice up those bland dishes. It is not something I am going to either throw or give away, however, it is also not something I would order again.
I hope I have been able to provide a description which is adequate enough for people to decide whether or not this would be to their taste. In sum, I found this pickle to be saltier and milder than what I am used to. It also has a different consistency than most, being somewhat smoother and less chunky. Again, none of these things is necessarily bad. It is all a matter of personal taste.
Edited to note that by the time we got to the bottom of the first jar I had sussed out the ingredient which threw the taste, and my opinion off. The "heat" is provided by paprika, rather than chile (which is what most or all of the other brands I have had use). Paprika is nowhere near as hot a cayenne, or chile, and so much more is required to make this hot. Ultimately it is not as hot, and the other flavors are somewhat diminished (because of the quantity of parika required). if you like paprika you may like this, and if you don't, get another brand.
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