Ingredients:

1/4 cup finely chopped ginger
4 green chilies
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoon lemon juice
Method

Cut the green chilies lengthwise (remove the seeds if you like mild).
Chop the green chilies to match the size of the chopped ginger.
Mix ginger, chili, salt and lemon juice together and store in glass jar.
Before serving refrigerate the relish for 24 hours.
Relish can be refrigerated for about 2 weeks. Note: after a couple of days the green chilies will fade in color and will become milder in taste.

Variations

Thinly slice the green chilies and ginger about 1 inch lengthwise and mix with salt and lemon juice.

Serving suggestions

Mix the chopped relish with cream cheese and use as a sandwich spread.
Lightly spread between grilled cheese sandwiches.
Sprinkle over any chat.
Use sliced relish to garnish any dal, rice, subji with gravy.
The relishes’ juice can be mixed with olive oil to make a salad dressing.