Thursday, October 1, 2020

Ingredients:
  • Big lemon 6
  • 2 -3 tbsp oil
  • 1/4 cup salt
  • 1/2 cup powdered sugar
  • 1/2 sp asafetida
  • Less than 1/4 cup chilly powder
  • 1 sp turmeric powder
  • 1 sp mustard seeds
  • 1/2 sp fried and powdered fenugreek


Method:
  • Wash and clean Lemon.
  • Cut into pieces.
  • Cook it in a cooker with out water.
  • In a pan make seasoning with mustard seeds.
  • Put turmeric and asafetida.
  • Mix well. Now add cooked lemon.
  • Mix well and add salt, sugar and chilly powder.
  • Mix well. Pour the balance oil.
  • When oil came out of the pickle remove and keep aside.
  • Use instant sweet and sour Lemon pickle.
  • But surely keep the pickle in the fridge and use. Put less quantity and use immediately.

Lemon Pickle (2)

Ingredients:
  • 1 Kg Lemon
  • 200 Gms. Red Chilly Powder
  • 100 ~ 150 Gms. Salt
  • 1/4 Kg Oil
  • 50 Gms. Fenugreek (Fried and Powdered)
  • 1 Spoon Asafetida
  • 50 Gms. Mustard Seeds
  • 2 Spoons Turmeric Powder


Method:
  • Wash and wipe lemons and cut them in same size.
  • Pour oil in a deep pan and make seasoning.
  • Put the lemon pieces in a deep bowl.
  • Add red chilly powder, salt and fenugreek powder and mix well.
  • Put the seasoning on the lemon mixture.
  • Mix well.
  • Then transfer it to air tight bottle.
  • You cannot use this pickle immediately.
  • You can use this after 4 or 5 days.
  • But daily you must mix the pickle without fail.
  • And you can keep this also for a year.


Notes:
  • Next to mango we generally use lemon pickle. We can put many varieties in this also.

Instant Lemon Pickle - Boiled Lemon Pickle

Ingredients:
  • 6 Big Lemon
  • 2 - 4 tbs. oil
  • 1/4 cup salt
  • 1/2 sp Asafetida
  • 1/4 cup or 2 -3 sp more Chilly powder
  • 1/2 sp turmeric powder
  • 1 sp Mustard seeds
  • 1 tbs. Fried and powdered Fenugreek Powder


Method:
  • Wash and clean Lemon. Cut into small pieces.
  • With out water cook it in the pressure cooker.
  • Remove from the cooker and keep aside.
  • In a pan,Pour oil and make seasoning with mustard.
  • Put turmeric powder and asafetida.
  • Add cooked lemon pieces and mix well.
  • Reduce the flame.
  • Add salt, red chilly powder and fenugreek powder.
  • Add some more oil and let it come over the pickle.
  • Now remove from the fire and use immediately.
  • But please keep this pickle in the fridge.

Kalla kaai thokku - hogplum (amtekai)

Ingredients:
  • 1 Kg Kalla kai
  • 200 Gms. Red Chilly Powder
  • 100 ~ 150 Gms. Salt
  • 1/4 Kg Oil
  • 50 Gms. Fenugreek (Fried and Powdered)
  • 1 Spoon Asafetida
  • 50 Gms. Mustard Seeds
  • 2 Spoons Turmeric Powder


Method:
  • Wash, wipe Kalla kai.
  • Cut and remove the seed. Or you can just cut them.
  • Put it in a mixer grinder and run it for a min or two.
  • Remove and keep aside.
  • Pour oil in a pan.
  • Put mustard seeds, turmeric powder and asafetida.
  • Now put the Kalla kai in the pan and mix well.
  • Add salt, fenugreek powder and red chilly powder. Mix well.
  • Make the stove simmer and mix the thokuoccasionally.
  • When oil comes out of the thoku remove it from the fire.
  • After it reaches room temperature, store in a bottle.
  • This is one of the best pickle item.
  • You can keep this for a year.

Kalla kaai Pickle -hogplum (amtekai)

Ingredients:
  • Kalla kai 1/2 kg
  • Red chilly powder 150 gms ( you can adjust as per your taste. Oil fry red chilly and powder them)
  • Salt - 50 gms ( you can adjust this too)
  • Oil to fry


Method:
  • Make seasoning with mustard seeds and turmeric powder.
  • Crack the kalla kai to remove the white seeds from inside.
  • Put the cracked kalla kai in the pan and add salt, fenugreek powder and hing powder.
  • Mix well. Let it be for a while and stir well.
  • When it starts cooking add red chilly powder.
  • Simer the flame and when oil comes out of the pickle remove it from the fire.


Notes:
  • Kalla kai - hogplum/amtekai.
  • We will usually get this in the season of Krishna Jayanthi.
  • This will looks like Ashako tree fruit, and red and green in colour. It is sour in taste.
  • So we will usually use this to make pickle.

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