Instant Lemon Pickle Recipe
Lemon pickle is popular pickle in India and there are many variations to it. But most of them need pickling time of about a month or so before they can be consumed as the recipe calls for keeping the pickle bottles in sunlight for the lemon skins to become soft. But this Instant Lemon Pickle Recipe is instant one which means you can eat the pickle the same day you make it.
Ingredients
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10 Lemons
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1-1/2 cups Sugar
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1/2 cup Salt
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(adjust)
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1/2 cup Red Chilli powder
Instructions
Step 1
To prepare Instant Lemon Pickle Recipe, Select good quality ripe yellow lemons with thin skin and no spots on them for this pickle
Step 2
Wash them in clean water and pat dry with kitchen towel
Step 3
Cut each lemon into 8 pieces
Step 4
Remove the seeds using a knife
Step 5
Make sure no seeds are left inside the lemon pieces as it may lend a bitter taste to the pickle
Step 6
Add 3-4 cups of water in a pressure cooker
Step 7
Keep all the lemon pieces in a vessel and place the vessel in the cooker
Step 8
Cover the vessel with a plate so that water from steam doesn’t fall in it
Step 9
Pressure cook the lemons for 1 whistle and then lower the flame and allow to cook for another 10-12 minutes
Step 10
Open the cooker once the pressure has released
Step 11
You will see the lemon pieces are cooked well and the juice has accumulated
Step 12
Strain the lemon pieces and collect the juice in a pan
Step 13
Do not add any water to it
Step 14
Add sugar to the lemon juice and cook on low flame
Step 15
Keep stirring
Step 16
The sugar will melt and you will get the syrup
Step 17
Cook the syrup until all the sugar has dissolved and you see bubbles in the syrup
Step 18
The syrup attains a 2 string consistency by this stage
Step 19
As the juice is very less and we do not add any extra water, this stage attains very fast say in about 5-7 minutes
Step 20
Add salt and red chili powder to the syrup and stir well
Step 21
At the end add the cooked lemon pieces and put off the flame
Step 22
Mix the pieces well with the sauce
Step 23
Keep stirring the pickle for 1-2 minutes
Step 24
The Instant Lemon Pickle Recipe is ready
Step 25
Let it cool down completely
Step 26
Transfer to clean dry and sterilized bottle and refrigerate
Step 27
Use Instant Lemon Pickle Recipe as per need