India, Sept. 15 -- Pickle or achaar is a part of an everyday meal for Indians world over. The sweet, spicy and sour achaars have been around for thousands of years. Most the the pickle recipes are handed down generations. Each community has a different recipe - a twist here and twist there - makes all the difference from a mango pickle that one will get to eat at a home in North as opposed to what one will find in South.

Did you know that pickles have around for a long time when it comes to world cuisine? The technique is said to have begun from India and that cucumbers were the first to pickled and eaten at the Tigris valley. It all began with putting cucumbers in brine - water and salt - to preserve them. Even today, salt is a staple i...