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Many Indian homes make pickles during summer that usually last for an year. Pickles are eaten as a side in an Indian meal and is believed to aid digestion when eaten in small quantities. A typical Indian meal always consists of a pickle and lemon pickle is the most common one loved by many.
It takes about four days and then it is best not to serve it for another week for optimum flavour. Steam the limes and garlic for about 15 to 20 minutes or until the limes are becoming quite soft. Serving rice in this way is how it is done all over India. It’s a vegetarian meal in its own right! The salt also help preserve the pickle.
Canning Lime Pickles
Spread the chopped lemon pieces on a clean tray and sun dry them for at least 5 hours. Keep the oven door ajar through out to avoid moisture building up inside. Heat 4 tablespoons oil in a pan. I used mustard oil here so heated it until smoky.
Heat a tablespoon of oil in a pan and add the mustard seeds until they start to pop then add the chillies ,garlic, limes and chilli powder. Fry off on a high heat for 2 minutes then allow to cool. Add the limes mixture to a sterilised jar and pour the remaining oil over the limes before sealing tightly. Bring the mixture to a boil, reduce the heat and let simmer for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. If you want to preserve the lemon pickle for an year, then rest the pieces in salt and lemon juice for 2 days.
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Add to the limes and mix thoroughly along with the brine/juices from the limes. Please Note – We do not usually do water bath or other canning methods here in the UK. Our preserves keep perfectly well without this. Dry roast the seed mix in a dry frying pan for a minute till just fragrant and aromatic. Tip them out of the pan immediately to stop them cooking or they will burn.
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Place back in a sunny spot, tightly covered for another two days. Simply make them up and put the lime pickle into some attractive sterilised jars and you have a gift that any curry fan would love. Place a rack in the bottom of a large stockpot and fill halfway with water. Bring to a boil and lower jars into the boiling water using a holder.
Homemade pickles
The pickle will keep for up to 6 months at room temperature. Once opened, store in the fridge and consume within 2 weeks. Set a frying pan over a medium heat.
For best results follow my detailed step-by-step photo instructions and tips above the recipe card. Cover and rest it for 1 to 2 days at room temperature in a dry clean place. Avoid keeping this in a humid atmosphere like in kitchen. Color of the lemon pickle will change from red to brownish as the pickle ages or matures. Lemons with thin skin are used to make the pickle as they taste less bitter and mature quickly after pickling. Lemon juice is used to tone down the bitter taste in the skin.
Leave a 2-inch space between the jars. Pour in more boiling water if necessary to bring the water level to at least 1 inch above the tops of the jars. Bring the water to a rolling boil, cover the pot, and process for 15 minutes. Drain and cut the preserved lemons in half, removing any seeds.
Heat the oil in pan and add the ground seeds and all other spices and stir to form a paste and add the sugar too. This lime pickle will keep for up to a year in a cool dark place. This Indian lime pickle recipe is all about time. Not a greatb deal of effort on your part but a bit of time is involved.
Pickling lime is a white chemical powder that's used in older pickle recipes to add crispness to the finished product. It works by introducing calcium into the pectin of the food to be pickled. While cucumbers are soaking, combine vinegar, sugar, salt, and mixed pickling spices in a large pot. Bring to a low boil, stirring until sugar dissolves. First chop up limes and put in bowl with salt and leave overnight covered with a tea towel. Allow to cools some and then pour this over the limes in the jar.
Add the cumin, fennel, coriander, mustard and fenugreek seeds. Lightly toast until just fragrant. Remove from the heat and grind to a powder in a coffee grinder or a pestle and mortar.
This recipe was taught to me by the chef of our local tandoori. He too used to serve those name brand pickles but now swears by this recipe. Fill a large bowl with ice water and soak cucumbers for 3 hours; drain. 1.Not enough oil in the pickle. Always there should be a layer of oil floating over the pickle. The thick skinned lemons in India have more bitter flavor & taste, take longer to soften so traditionally they were not used.
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