SIRI is unique concept promoted for providing the much needed backward and forward linkages for rural women for taking up various farm and non-farm income generation activities. Registered under Section(25) of companies act, SIRI is a non-profit distributing, having its head office at Belthangady. The life of every Indian meal. Those tasty morsels of vegetable/fruit drenched in oil and suffused with spices. In India as early as the Vedic times, salt, vinegar, jaggery, honey, asafoetida and tamarind were used for preserving and adding taste to foods as the importance was always on maintenance of good health through a well adjusted diet. The art of pickling has raised culinary art to such a high level of sophistication that it has acquired an exotic, almost legendary reputation. One aspect of pickling is the great variety and range it offers for all seasons and occasions. This is made possible because of the tremendous variety of fruits and vegetables to choose from Various k