Homemade Lime Pickle | Pickle Recipes | Nimbekayi Uppinakayi
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Recipe type: Side
Cuisine: Indian
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Serves: 40 pickle pieces
 
Lip-smacking, juicy, mildly spicy, refreshing homemade lime pickle
Ingredients
  • 5 unwaxed limes
  • Juice of 1 unwaxed lime
  • Juice of 1 unwaxed lemon
  • Scant 2 Tbsp red chilli powder (byadagi/Kashmiri)
  • ¼ Tsp methi/menthya/fenugreek seeds
  • 6 Tsp salt (powdered sea salt preferably)
For Tadka:
  • ¼ Cup groundnut oil
  • 2 Tsp mustard
  • ¼ Tsp hing
Method
  1. Wash and air dry, 5 limes
  2. First cut them into halves and then quarter each half to get 8 lime pieces out of each one. Squeeze 1 lime + 1 lemon (about 75ml~)
  3. In a clean sterilised glass jar, sprinkle 1 Tsp salt at base, add 8 limes
  4. Now sprinkle 1 Tsp salt again, next add one more layer of limes
  5. Repeat this till limes are over, lastly sprinkle last Tsp of salt
  6. Pour lime + lemon juice all over
  7. Cover with cling wrap at the mouth or muslin cloth or even parchment paper, close lid, keep in dry place
  8. Next, keep shaking bottle every 12 hours, at the end of 2½ or 3 days, give a good shake. Pickle pieces change colour and their skin turns lighter and browner
  9. Roast methi seeds lightly and pound them into a powder in a mortar
  10. Add red chilli powder, add methi powder, mix well with clean wooden spoon, shake a little, cover and set aside. Now to wait again :). Keep an eye on the bottle. Pickle pieces will soften up and absorb all flavours
  11. After 3 weeks open jar and shake a little
  12. Make tadka with 3 Tbsp groundnut oil, heat, add 1 Tsp mustard seeds, allow to splutter
  13. Turn off heat, add ¼ Tsp hing, let it cool completely, pour over pickle, enjoy with hot rice
  14. Use as required. I love it with red boiled rice or ponni rice or regular sona masuri rice. It is also best enjoyed with curd rice!
Notes
Please note, prep time does not include waiting time while pickle pieces are absorbing those wonderful flavours and softening up

As mentioned, use clean, dry spoons and containers

Adjust chilli powder as per spiciness desired

Keep in cool, dry place

Use only lime juice if you want instead of lemon juice
Recipe by Food Of Interest at https://foodofinterest.com/homemade-lime-pickle/