Topic: Littlechilies Lime Pickle

[littlechilie]

Hello all today I am happy to post my Lime Pickle Recipe for you all, Please enjoy as this will knock the socks off any prepackaged pickle.

Needed

limes x 30, look around markets and ask for discoloured limes I got 40 for 2 pound of a local store.

1 cup oil

1 Tsp methi pow

80 ml Kashmiri Chili pow

40 ml ground chilies

60 ml salt

80 ml cumin

80 ml black mustard seed

40 ml nigella seed

5 bulbs of garlic blended or chopped , your preference.

Stage 1,
I clean and chop limes in to small bite size bits and put in bowl, very sharp knife needed and it takes me a while to chop all limes up small. I mind my  fingers here.
I chop and peel garlic, put in bowl.

Stage 2,
I Grind spice except rough ground chilli flakes, then I heat oil in pan and add all spice turn heat low and cook for 5 mins until fragrant and oil is coming out. Don't burn spice here!
I can chose to brown my garlic at this stage for a deeper garlic flavour! I chosen to leave my garlic raw before cooking with limes in this example.

Add all cooked spice mix to limes and chopped garlic and mix, then cling film all in a bowl and cook for 15 mins in microwave. The mixture needs to cook in all it's juice and spice to bring out a deep flavour.
Please Beware of hot steam at this point in cooking!!!!!
I then Open cling film and mix the limes spice and oil, then cling film again and cook for another 6 mins and mix.
I also make sure cling film is tight as i want to cook the mixture with no holes in cling film or it will burn at the edges.

Sterilise jars for the pickle I heat jars in oven to sterilise then add the mixture to the jars while mix and jars are hot, trying not to burn my fingers here  then seal and store.
Best after 2 weeks but is quite good straight out the pot, please enjoy reading this fantastic pickle recipe.

[Peripatetic Phil]

All photographed in the Southern hemisphere presumably !
** Phil.

[littlechilie]

Lol hi Phil are they showing upside down ?
They are fine on my iPad and iphone!

[Gav Iscon]

You should take them if using your iphone with the volume buttons at the bottom so they show the right way for windows users.

[littlechilie]

Sorry Gav iscon, great tip but they are taken on an iPad and the way u suggest  must be a bug hey? Can an admin sort it out if possible please when they have time?
Thank you please 

[Secret Santa]

They are fine on my iPad and iphone!

Purchased in Aus presumably?  ;D

[littlechilie]

I like it SS  ;D kind of a Limey joke  ;D

[littlechilie]

All Photos are now fixed the correct way up I hope?
Thanks.

[Madrasandy]

Looks great LC, do you want my address to post me a jar?  ;D

[littlechilie]

Hi MA if ya like I will post you a smaller jar so ya can sample the goods should be perfect for eating next week.
Think I have about 12 months worth here I got a massive bargain on limes