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Recipe: South Indian Lemon Pickle

Summary: Simple recipe for South Indian Lemon Pickle

Ingredients

  • Lemon: 4 nos
  • Garlic: 1 pod
  • Ginger: 1 inch piece
  • Small green chili: 4 nos
  • Curry leaves- 1 spring
  • Salt 1 Tablespoon
  • Fenugreek powder-1/4 tablespoon
  • Asafetida powder-1/4 tablespoon
  • Sesame oil or any other oil- 1 tablespoon
  • Mustard seeds-1/4 tablespoon
  • Vinegar: 1/4 cup
  • Water: 1/4 cup

Instructions

  1. Cut green chili, ginger and garlic in to small pieces.
  2. Cut lemons in to small cubes.
  3. Heat oil in a pan and allow mustard seeds to crack up.
  4. Add curry leaves, green chili, ginger and garlic and mix for 2-3 minutes.
  5. Add lemon, salt, fenugreek powder and asafetida powder. Mix and cook for 1 minute.
  6. Add vinegar and water to this mixture and heat until it boils.
  7. Remove from flame and cool to room temperature before storing in air tight bottles.
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