Hot and sweet Lemon pickle

Hot and sweet Lemon pickle

This recipe is for very spicy and sweet lemon pickle. It is a condiment that can be served at breakfast with any kind of parathas or with the meal.

Ingredients:

Lemons – 15
Lemon juice ? 1/2 cup
Mustard seeds (yellow split) – 1/2 cup
Fenugreek seeds (methidana) – 2 tsp
Fennel seeds – 2 tbsp
Asafetida (hing) ? 2 tsp
Red chili powder  - 1/2 cup
Turmeric powder – 1/2 tbsp
Salt  - 1/2 cup
Vinegar – 2 tbsp
Sugar  - 2 cups
Cooking oil – 1 cups

Method:

Wash and dry Lemons thoroughly.
Cut each lemon into 8 pieces. Keep them in a large bowl.
In a pan, dry roast fenugreek seeds, mustard seeds and fennel seeds. Grind the roasted spices in grinder and keep aside.
In a large bowl, take the above roasted spice powder and also add red chili powder, turmeric powder and asafetida powder to it.
Heat oil in a separate pan and add it to the spice mix. Mix well.
Add all the above mixture to cut lemons. Once again mix well.
Now add lemon juice, vinegar, sugar and salt. Mix again.
Take a clean jar; fill it up with the above pickle.
Shake the jar every day for 10 days.
Store it in a clean and dry place. Pickle is ready to eat in a 2 weeks.

Serving suggestions:

Enjoy Hot and sweet lemon pickle with garma garam parathas (Indian bread) anytime of the day.