Sweet Lemon pickle - Oil and preservative free

This wonderful sweet and sour pickle is a great accompaniment for food, particularly rice and cereal gruel. It is very aromatic and gets better with time. There is no oil and preservative in the recipe.

Ingredients

1 kg lemon
1/2 kg sugar
120 gms. salt
40 gms garam masala
1/4 cup vinegar
10 gms ajwain (carom) seeds (optional)
Red chilly powder (optional)
1/4 teaspoon heeng (asafetida) powder

Method

Wash and wipe the lemons. Remove any brown peel. Cut the lemons into 4 pieces each.

Mix all the ingredients with the lemons. Transfer the mixture into a dry and clean jar. Keep the jar in a bright and airy place.

Open the jar on alternate days and lightly press the mixture to enable the juice to cover the entire mix.

The pickle will be ready in a month's time.

One year old pickle is absolutely terrific to taste.

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