Thursday, October 13, 2011

Lemon Pickle(Neemboo ka Achaar)



Achaar Neemboo Ka

                              Pickles adds taste to our lunch ,dinner or breakfast.Pickle making started with the idea of preserving vegetables to use these during off  season.Slowly this became the essential part of our food.
One can get dozens of varieties of bottled pickles in stores.But the taste and flavor of fresh home made pickle is incomparable.

Here is the recipe of lemon pickle in this series .I will keep on posting other .
The most popular pickles are Mango,lemon and chillies.

                    As the new and fresh lot of lemons have arrived let us make lemon pickle .

            Ingredients required:-
                                          
6  Lemons (fresh and kagaji :-  Lemons with thin skin are called kagaji)
   
2 table spoon  salt

2 table spoon methi seeds

2 table spoon red chilli powder

2 teaspoon turmeric powder

1 teaspoon kalonjee(onion seeds)

1/4 teaspoon Asoefaetida powder

1/2 cup oil

Preparation

Clean and dry lemons and cut into four pieces and put in a ceramic or glass bowl..Pour all the spices
except hing and oil on it and mix thoroughly

                                                                    
Store in a dry glass container for two days.

                                            

On third day heat the oil till vapours starts and switch off the flame.After two minutes add hing .Now let it cool till it comes to room temperature. Pour this oil on the pickle .Pickle will be ready after five days.









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