Sunday, July 21, 2024

Lemon Pickle (Nimmakaya)

 All You Need:

  • Lemons (yellow 25 small size) cut vertically not horizontally
  • Salt 1 tea cup
  • Pasupu 1 spoon
  • Karam 1.5 cups
  • Menthi pindi 3 tbsp
  • Peanut oil 1.5 cups
  • Hing 3 tsp
  • Mustard Seeds 2 spoons
  • Fenugreek seeds 1 spoon
  • Dry chillies 6

The Recipe:

  • Cut 20 lemons vertically, not horizontally like we usually cut
  • Squeeze juice from the remaining 5 lemons and keep aside
  • Mix the lemon pieces, salt, pasupu, lemon juice in a plastic container and keep aside for 3-4 days
  • Mix well on the 5th day and again keep aside for 2 days
  • If the pieces still do not shrink in size, keep it aside for a few more days
  • Next day, mix Karam, Menthi pindi,hing
  • Add popu - avalu,menhulu, red chillies,hing. Let the popu cool down and then add to the pickle


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