Ingredients:
Lemon - 4 to 5 Nos
Chilli Powder - 2 to 3 teaspoons
Asafotida powder - 1 teaspoon
Fenugreek powder - 1 teaspoon (Dry roast fenugreek and powder it)
Salt - 2 to 3 teaspoons
Gingelly oil - 4 to 5 tablespoons
Mustard - 1 teaspoon
Method:
Boil 4 to 5 cups of water. Put whole lemons into the boiling water and allow to boil for five to ten more minutes. Remove the lemon and cool it.
Cut the lemon into desired size pieces and spread it on a plate. Sprinkle chilli powder, asafotida powder, fenugreek powder and salt. Heat oil in a kadai and when it is hot add mustard. After it pops up, remove and pour the hot oil over the lemon pieces. Mix everything well and transfer it to a bowl.
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11 comments:
what to do if someone wants it sweet? thanks
Hello Shaikh,
Thank you for visiting my site.
To make sweet pickle, you can follow the above method and reduce the chilli powder to half of the quantity mentioned. Before seasoning, take half cup jaggery powdered and add two to three tablespoons of water and make a syrup. Strain it and add to the lemon pieces and then season it as above.
Hi Kamala, I was looking for this instant pickle. Once I made like this but didn't cook the lemons. Oh it was so bitter and I throwed it.
Is it ok to cook for just 10 minutes.
Mouthwatering pickle!!
Thank you Divya Vikram.
Hi Jhanani,
Thank you for visiting my site. Yes. It is enough to cook for ten minutes.
Hi Kamala,
I cooked this pickle in the same procedure as u said,but it turned out to be very bitter.What may be the reason?Do I need to take extra care in selecting lemons??
Hi Madhavi,
May be due to the variety of lemon you used. I do not know where you live. In USA I have not seen the yellow colour lemon in the market. Only green lemons. If you get good quality yellow colour lemon, you will get tasty pickles. The photo in the above recipe is taken after I prepared the pickle as per above procedure and it does not taste bitter.
You can try the other method also. Without boiling the lemon, cut it into small pieces and add enough salt and keep it for three days, mixing it every day. The lemon get soaked in salt and become soft by the time. Then you can add the chilli powder, seasoning etc. You can also a tablespoon of fresh lemon juice to get extra flavour.
Hi Kamala,
Thanks for ur suggestion.
I live in finland.I tried this recipe with big yellow ones.This time as u said I will try with green one and see how it tastes.I will update u after that.
Hi Madhavi,
I think you misunderstood my suggestion. I never tried with green lemon. Only with yellow lemon. May be Finaland lemons are different from the Indian one. Anyway best of luck for you to get a good lemon pickle.
Thanks Kamala. I will try and let you know.
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