Instant Lemon Pickle Recipe

Step 1: To prepare Instant Lemon Pickle Recipe, Select good quality ripe yellow lemons with thin skin and no spots on them for this pickle

Step 2: Wash them in clean water and pat dry with kitchen towel

Step 3: Cut each lemon into 8 pieces

Step 4: Remove the seeds using a knife

Step 5: Make sure no seeds are left inside the lemon pieces as it may lend a bitter taste to the pickle

Step 6: Add 3-4 cups of water in a pressure cooker

Step 7: Keep all the lemon pieces in a vessel and place the vessel in the cooker

Step 8: Cover the vessel with a plate so that water from steam doesn’t fall in it

Step 9: Pressure cook the lemons for 1 whistle and then lower the flame and allow to cook for another 10-12 minutes

Step 10: Open the cooker once the pressure has released

Step 11: You will see the lemon pieces are cooked well and the juice has accumulated

Step 12: Strain the lemon pieces and collect the juice in a pan

Step 13: Do not add any water to it

Step 14: Add sugar to the lemon juice and cook on low flame

Step 15: Keep stirring

Step 16: The sugar will melt and you will get the syrup

Step 17: Cook the syrup until all the sugar has dissolved and you see bubbles in the syrup

Step 18: The syrup attains a 2 string consistency by this stage

Step 19: As the juice is very less and we do not add any extra water, this stage attains very fast say in about 5-7 minutes

Step 20: Add salt and red chili powder to the syrup and stir well

Step 21: At the end add the cooked lemon pieces and put off the flame

Step 22: Mix the pieces well with the sauce

Step 23: Keep stirring the pickle for 1-2 minutes

Step 24: The Instant Lemon Pickle Recipe is ready

Step 25: Let it cool down completely

Step 26: Transfer to clean dry and sterilized bottle and refrigerate

Step 27: Use Instant Lemon Pickle Recipe as per need