Hello hive learners,
I hope you are fit and fine. Today, I’m sharing my special lemon pickle recipe with you all.
When there's lemon pickle on the side, every meal just feels extra delicious.
Whenever my daughters don’t feel like eating sabzi, they happily eat dal-chawal with lemon pickle instead.
My younger one? She even sneaks into the kitchen and eats the pickle straight from the jar, licking each piece like it’s a candy!
So , let me show you how I make this tangy and tasty lemon pickle at home
Let’s turn our simple daily meals into something exciting and full of flavor
Ingredients:
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Lemons – 1/2 kg (washed and dried)
Salt – as needed (about 2-3 tablespoons)
Turmeric powder – 2 tablespoons
Mustard oil – about 250–300 ml (or enough to fully cover the lemons)
Readymade achar masala – 100–150 gram
Step by Step Recipe
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Wash the lemons properly and dry them completely using a clean cloth.
Cut the lemons into quarters or halves as preferred.
Mix the lemon pieces with salt and turmeric.
Place them in a strainer and keep them under sunlight for 2–3 hours. This helps remove any extra moisture.
In the meantime, heat the mustard oil until it starts smoking lightly. Turn off the flame and let the oil cool completely.
Mix in the Masala
After 2–3 hours, transfer the lemons to a large plate or bowl.
Add readymade achar masala and mix well.
If you're using homemade masala, dry roast the cumin, fennel, methi, mustard, and ajwain. Let them cool and grind them coarsely.
Mix in kalonji, red chilli powder, and turmeric.
Fill the lemon and masala mixture tightly into a clean, dry jar.
Pour in the cooled mustard oil — just enough to fully cover the lemons.Make sure there’s no lemon piece floating above the oil.
Keep the jar in sunlight for 4 - 5 days. Shake or stir the pickle gently once a day so all pieces soak evenly. After 4 - 5 day pickles is ready to eat.
This pickle addsjar extra taste of flavor to plain dal-chawal, roti-sabzi or even khichadi. And let’s be honest — my daughters just eat it straight from the jar! 😋
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