It's a pity that non-vegetarians don't get to taste the vast variety of vegetarian food. They only get a whiff of the surface. Plus, the varieties and possibilities arising from vegetarian food outnumber those from non-vegetarian food.
This is just an example of a handful of pickle varieties in our kitchen... ( :P)

1. Lime pickle (with and without erivu)
2. Lime and pepper
3. Dried lime
4. Naarthangai dried
5. Naarthangai salted ( with gravy)
6. Erivu naarthangai
7. Kaduku maanga
8. Vadu maanga
9. maanga thokku
10. aavakkai (with and without garlic)
11. keethu maanga
12. maanga curry
13. uppilitta maanga
14. neellika uppilittathu
15. nellikka thokku
16. erivu nellikka
17. inji curry
18. puli inji
19. inji thokku
20. molagu curry
21. inji molagu
22. chillies in vinegar
23. thairu molagu
24. molagu vathakkal
25. thaamara thandu
26. stuffed chillies
27. carrot pickle
28. erivu maahali
29. plain maahali
30. veippilakkatti
31. gongura thokku
32. tomato thokku pickle
33. small onion pickle
34. garlic pickle
35. mixed vegetable pickle
36. manathangaalikka vettal
37. chundakka vettal
38. paavakka pickle
39. karuvepila thokku
40. kothamalli thohayal
41. jaathikka pickle

everything goes equally well with some curd rice...