Slice the cucumber in two and removes seeds with a spoon. Cut into batons
Peel the carrots and cut into batons.
Place the carrots and cucumber in a bowl and sprinkle a liberal sprinkling of salt.
Move the salted carrots and cucumbers onto a tissue paper lined tray and leave to air dry for 4 hours, ideally overnight.
In a saucepan, sauté the onions, red chillies, garlic, ginger and lemongrass
After the mixture softens and becomes translucent, add sugar followed by wine vinegar.
After the cucumbers and carrots have air dried. Mix the achar paste into the veggies.
Taste for salt and add amend as necessary. The achar is ready to eat but taste better after refrigerating overnight.