Friday, November 23, 2012

Lemon ginger pickle

Ingredients needed

Fresh juicy lemons - 6
Green chillies - 4-5 medium size (finely chopped)
Ginger - 1/4 cup finely chopped
Salt -1/4 cup flat (crystal salt powdered)
Fenugreek powder - 1 tsp
Turmeric powder -1/4 tsp
Oil - 3 tbsp

For the seasoning

Mustard -1 tsp
Asafoetida - 1/2 tsp

Preparation

Dry roast fenugreek seeds and powder it.

Method

Soak lemon in boiling water for half an hour. After half an hour, take it out and wipe it dry with a clean towel. Cut each lemon into 8 pieces.

Add turmeric powder, salt and fenugreek powder to it.

Heat oil in a kadai ,add mustard seeds, when they splutter, add finely chopped chillies and ginger and fry well. Add this to the lemon mixture. Mix it well and bottle it.

It can be used after 2-3 days, so that the skin of the lemon will soften.

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