Lemon sweet pickle

Limes are small, round, and green, while lemons are usually larger, oval-shaped, and bright yellow. Nutritionally, they're almost identical and share many of the same potential health benefits. Both fruits are acidic and sour, but lemons tend to be sweeter, while limes have a more bitter flavor.

This is a very easy method to prepare tasty lemon pickle that is ready to be consumed in two days time.

Ingredients

3 lemons deseeded and cut into small pieces

2 cups sugar

½ tsp salt

1/3 tsp red chilli powder

Instruction

-          Pour 2 cups of water in a pressure cooker. Put the cut lemon pieces into the separator; cover it with a lid so that water won’t enter it.

-        Put the separator inside the pressure cooker and close. When it whistles, reduce the flame and cook for 5 minutes. Cool and open.

-           Let the lemon pieces cool (it may take about an hour). Put them in a pan (karahi) and add sugar.

-        It will become quite watery now. Let it thicken, when you take the syrup in a ladle and pour down, it should look viscous. Now add the salt, red chilli powder and mix well, and remove from fire.

-        If you cook it longer, the lemon rind will toughen.
  It is an amazing accompaniment for thalipeeth, apart from steamed rice and chapatis.