Hot Lemon Pickle Recipe
Submitted by admin on December 16, 2009 – 9:01 pmNo Comment
Lemon pickle is unique in taste as it is tangy and hot at the same time. It tastes good with dal, rasam and sambhar and a variety of other dishes! It is a traditional condiment in India and would be served with virtually every meal. One can also try flinging a dollop of the hot lemon pickle into the pan while making home fries, sautéing any vegetable, or pan-searing a fish fillet. Try this easy to make Hot lemon pickle!
Ingredients for making Hot Lemon Pickle:
- 1 kg Lemons (Nimbu)
- 250 grams Salt (Namak)
- 2 teaspoons Turmeric (Haldi)
- 3 teaspoons Red chili pepper (Lal Mirchi)
- 125 grams Ginger (Adrak), scraped and sliced
- 1 cup Vinegar (Sirka)
- 125 grams Green Chilies (Hari Mirch)(slit)
- 4 teaspoons fenugreek
- 4 teaspoons Mustard seeds (Rai/Sarson)
- 2 level teaspoons asafoetida
- 1 ½ cups Mustard Oil (Sarson Ka Tel)
How to make Hot Lemon Pickle:
- First of all cut each lemon into eight pieces.
- Then mix salt with lemons, keep in the sun for 15 days in the jar and shake it daily.
- Now heat oil till smokes.
- Then remove it from the fire and cool a little.
- Then fry asafoetida in it, fenugreek and mustard seeds.
- Now mix vinegar, ginger.
- Then add green chilies, chili powder and lemon with its juice.
- Finally keep 15 days in the sun.
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