Lime pickle

Lemon pickle is the best side accompaniment during summer. Lime is rich in Vitamin C, Which has many health benefits like boosting our body's immune system, skin anti wrinkling, cure for common cold, eye diseases and more. Lemons grow beautifully in ample on our trees during summer. The lemon tree in my backyard is full of limes, So I thought of making a pickle out of all of them.

               

Recipe:

Lemons (Green/Yellow Lime) -500 grams i.e. 1/2 Kg

Salt - 100 gms

1 pinch of Turmeric
Cut each lemon into 8 pieces and mix well with salt and turmeric and leave it out it in hot sun for 20 days in a closed glass jar.

Note:
(1) You will Notice that the lemons have reduced in size considerably and have become softer and mushy as the pickle will have some fluid in it because the lemon juices are released from the lemons.

(2) If you don't like spices, you can eat the pickle this way itself (non-spicy tangy taste). But I like my pickle to be a little spicy, as it tastes even better.


So I have dry roasted the following spices for adding into the pickle:

-1 tsp of cumin seeds
-1 tsp of carom seeds (ajwain)
-Cinnamon - 2 long sticks
-1tsp of cumin seeds
-1tsp of fenugreek seeds
-10-12 cloves
-5-6 dry red chillies (or chilli flakes)
-1 tsp of black pepper

After dry roasting these spices, grind them well in a mixer grinder. 

Then you have to mix it with the lemon pickle you prepared above ( after 20 days when it has soaked up a good amount of sun ). While mixing do not forget to add 2 tablespoons of black salt in it along with the spices 

This is how it looks after adding the spices into the pickle.

        The pickle is ready! You can keep it for almost an year.

If you feel the pickle is getting slightly dry, squeeze more lemon juice and add the juice from top and shake the jar ( you can add the juice of 2-3 medium sized lemons).

You will notice the the pickle gets tastier with the passage of time!! :D

~Enjoy~