Lemon pickle combo

I am a pickle lover. I always prefer to make pickle at home rather than buy from store. Pickles are made with great care, as they are supposed to last a year at least ,so before making any pickles, please remember this below tips. 

Tips for the Pickle:

• Always ensure best ingredients are chosen, Jars & bottles are washed and sun dried.
• Always use Crystal salt (called as kalluppu – கல் உப்பு in Tamil)  not table salt. Table salt contains iodine, a chemical that can darken pickles.
•  Only dry spoon has to be used while taking the pickle out from jar.
• Always use bright color red chili powder.

Ingredients:

Green lemon                              - 15 nos

Green chilies                            – 10 no (silted)

Ginger                                     – 3 tbsp (juliennes)

Red Chili powder                       – ¼ cup

Sugar                                     – 2 tbsp

Salt                                      – as required

Oil                                          – 3 tbsp

Fenugreek                               – 2 tsp

Mustard seeds                         – 1tsp

Red chili flakes                          _ 2 tsp

Asafetida (Hing)                      – 1tsp

Turmeric powder                      – ¼ tsp

Method:

• Cut limes into 4 cubes. Slit the green chillies, and ginger.
• Add turmeric powder, salt. Mix well altogether  and keep aside for 3 to 4 days.
• Dry fry the fenugreek and grind coarsely
• Heat oil in pan, add mustard seed. When mustard seed start crackling add Hing, red chili flakes, red chili powder.  Switch off the stove.
• Add lemon combos and sugar. Mix well. If you want, you can add white vinegar ( 3 tbsp) in it.
• Lemon combo is ready.  Keep it in very cleaned bottle.