• Lemon-1 kg
• Black salt-3 tsp
• Salt-150 gm
• Ground black pepper-1 1/2 tsp
• Cloves-2 tsp(optional)

Grind all ingredients,except the lemons.
Slit the lemons to four pieces,but don’t cut fully,stuff the powders.

Keep in air tight bottle,pour juice of 6 lemons and shake well.Keep the bottle in sunlight for a month,shaking regularly. Or until the lemons are soft and brown,

These homemade lemon pickles can be kept for more than a year.In Mediterranean countries they even add full spices like pepper,cloves cardamon,for extra flavor.

It can be added to any salad .Make a simple sweet sour salad with sliced onion,tomato,chili,along with the lemon pickle,mash well.Varieties of pickled salads can be prepared with this lemon pickle as basic.

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