Sweet and sour Lemon Pickle

Preparation Time : 30 min

Cooking Time : 30 min

Total Time : 60                                                                                                                                 

Recipe  : pickle

Servings : 4

Ingredients

• 800 grams            lemans / Nimbu Indian yellow lemons *
• 150 grams Salt / Namak
• 3/4 tsp Turmeric Powder / Haldi Powder
• 2.5 tsp Red Chilli powder / Laal mirch powder
• 1.5 tsp Cumin Seeds / Sabut Jeera
• 1.5 tsp Fenugreek Seeds / Methidana
• 1 tsp Mustard Seeds / Rai
• 2 tbsp Ginger / Adrak Grated
• 1/2 tsp Asafoetida / Hing powder
• 2 cup Sugar / Chini

Instructions

1. Wash and wipe lemons with a cloth,there should not be any moisture on the lemons.
2. Now chop the lemons into small pieces(8-12 pieces from a lemon)
3. In a pan dry roast cumin,fenugreek and mustard seeds to a nice golden colour(dont over do this)on slow flame, then grind to make a powder.
4. Mix salt, turmeric ,asafoetida,1.5 tbs lemon juice and ground spices in the chopped lemon pieces and mix well.
5. Cover the jar and keep aside for a month so the lemon skin will become soft due to the salt.keep shaking the jar once in a day.
6. After a month when lemon peel become soft, add the sugar and grated ginger in lemons and mix well .
7. Cover the jar mouth with a muslin cloth and try to keep the jar in sunlight for few hours daily for approx 2 weeks or till the sugar will melt and the syrup become thick.

Recipe Notes

Serving Suggestions-taste great with paratha,rice and khichdi .

My Notes-
1-I have used small Indian yellow lemons.
2-If you add sugar in the beginning then lemon peels will take longer time to soften .
3- You may also add some chopped green chilies to it at step 6.