Hot Lemon Pickle

Ingredients

• 1 kg lemons
• 250 grams salt
• 2 tsp turmeric
• 3 tsp red chili pepper
• 125 grams ginger, scraped and sliced
• 1 cup vinegar
• 125 grams green chillies (slit)
• 4 tsp fenugreek
• 4 tsp mustard seeds
• 2 level tsp asafoetida
• 1 1/2 cups mustard oil

Method

1. Cut each lemon into eight pieces.
2. Mix salt with lemons, keep in the sun for 15 days in a jar, and shake it daily.
3. Heat oil until it smokes.
4. Remove from the fire and let it cool slightly.
5. Fry asafoetida, fenugreek, and mustard seeds in the oil.
6. Mix vinegar, ginger, green chillies, chilli powder, and lemon with its juice.

Note: Keep in the sun for 15 days.