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Pickles are popular condiments, so why not try these delicious and outstanding Sweet and Sour Lemon Pickle Recipe
Sweet and Sour Lemon Pickle
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Resting Time: 144 hours
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Total Time: 145 hours
- Yield: 2-3 bottles depending on size of bottle used 1x
- Cuisine: South African
Description
These are so delicious and packed with so much flavor, yet made with only 3 ingredients.
Ingredients
- 20 Lemons
- 1 cup Methi Masala (with salt added)
- I cup white vinegar
- 1 cup castor sugar
Instructions
Wash lemons thoroughly.
Place whole lemons in a large pot of water and boil for about half an hour.
Drain out the water and allow it to cool completely.
Cut lemons in quarters and remove all the pips.
This is a tedious process but worth it to avoid having that bitter taste in the pickle.
Place a layer of the lemons in a flat glass casserole dish or any flat dish for that matter.
Sprinkle the methi masala over the lemon pieces.
Continue layering and sprinkling the masala.
Add salt as you are layering if your masala is not already mixed with salt.
Pour the vinegar over and allow to soak for 2-3 days.
Finally, sprinkle a cup of sugar over all of the lemons and stir through and allow to stand for another 2-3 days.
Your pickle will be ready to eat.
Bottle and refrigerate as soon as possible as I find that the sugar causes the pickle to spoil very quickly.
Notes
Removing the pips is a tedious process but worth it to avoid having that bitter taste in the pickle.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1
- Calories: 85
- Sugar: 12
- Sodium: 7
- Fat: 1
- Saturated Fat: 0
- Unsaturated Fat: 1
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 21
- Fiber: 4
- Protein: 2
- Cholesterol: 0
Post updated February 15, 2021
Prepared, tried, and tested by Mani Seetal
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This looks great! I had to look up methi masala. I had never heard of it before. Do you just eat these as a snack?
Hi Laurie, Thank you so much for popping in and looking at this recipe. It goes so well as an accompaniment with rice dishes and curries or just with a piece of roti.
This sounds interesting, like nothing I have ever had before. May need to give it a try!
Cherie, I hope you do try it out and please remember to then rate the recipe and leave a review as its super helpful to me and others. Thanks and hope to hear back from you
Aww…this recipe took me back to my childhood when we relished lemon pickle with rice and other side dishes.
Hi Talat, Glad you like it and hope you will try this and let me know how it compares to what you remember from your childhood time