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LEMON PICKLE

5 lemon or lime                         3 Tbsp. oil
2 tsp. chili powder                     1/4 tsp. fenugreek
3 Tbsp. salt                            1/4 Tbsp. asafoetida
1/2 tsp. mustard seeds

Cook lemon in 1 cup of water. Cut each lemon into small pieces. Each lemon can be cut into 10 pieces. Add salt and chili powder. Saute mustard in a skillet with 3 tablespoons oil. As soon as the mustard seeds crack, pour the lemon pieces into it. Saute fenugreek and asafoetida In a drop of oil and powder it. Mix the powder with the lemon pieces. Bottle the pickles and refrigerate for 6 months. Goes well with yogurt rice.



Raj Kumar Rajendran 2009-11-14