Lemon Pickle In Oil Recipe
Yummy homemade Lemon Pickle In Oil is another thing all together. Surprise your guest and you family with your homemade Lemon Pickle In Oil which compliments any meal. I am sure they would not have tasted anything like it!
Ingredients
1 kg lemons
1/2 kg mustard oil
4 tsps red chilli powder
25 gms mustard seeds
50 gms methi seeds
1 tbsp salt for lime juice
25 gms salt
2 big pieces of asafoetida
1/2 kg ginger
125 gms whole fresh
chillies juice of two galgals or
1 cup lemon juice
Directions
Wash and dry the lemons with a cloth.
In each lemon make four cuts and pack the salt inside and rub a little salt outside also.
Put them into a jar and leave them for about a fortnight and shake them every other day till tender.
Heat the oil till smoky, remove from the fire, add asafoetida and when it swells up, crush it with a spoon.
Add chilli powder to oil and stir till red colour appears.
Remove from the fire, add mustard seeds and stir for a little while.
Now stir in lemons, fresh red chillies and ginger and cook until a little tender.
Roast methi seeds and grind.
Now mix ground methi seeds and the juice of galgal or lime mixed with one tbsp salt.
Cook for 5 minutes.
Remove from the fire and pour the lemons with the juice into a clean jar and cork tightly.
In each lemon make four cuts and pack the salt inside and rub a little salt outside also.
Put them into a jar and leave them for about a fortnight and shake them every other day till tender.
Heat the oil till smoky, remove from the fire, add asafoetida and when it swells up, crush it with a spoon.
Add chilli powder to oil and stir till red colour appears.
Remove from the fire, add mustard seeds and stir for a little while.
Now stir in lemons, fresh red chillies and ginger and cook until a little tender.
Roast methi seeds and grind.
Now mix ground methi seeds and the juice of galgal or lime mixed with one tbsp salt.
Cook for 5 minutes.
Remove from the fire and pour the lemons with the juice into a clean jar and cork tightly.
