LEMON CHUTNEY RECIPE
(from Nandini’s recipe box)
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cook time: 15 minutes
Serves 2 people
Categories: chutney
Ingredients
- 1/2 kg Lemons (Nimbu)
- 250 grams Sugar (Cheeni) (2 cups heaped)
- 1 teaspoon Red chili pepper (Lal Mirchi)
- 2 tablespoons Salt (Namak)
- 1/4 teaspoon ground big Cardamoms (Elaichi Moti)
- 1/8 teaspoon ground Cloves (Lavang)
Directions
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How to make lemon chutney:
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• Wash the lemons and wipe with a cloth.
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• Squeeze out the juice and add salt to it.
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• Cut long strips of lemon skins and soak in the juice and put in a jar.
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• Put the jar in the sun for 6 days and shake it every other day till the lemon skins are tender.
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• Add sugar, Red chili pepper , cardamoms and cloves and mix.
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• Keep it in the sun until sugar is dissolved.
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• This chutney can be preserved for one year if it is kept in an airtight jar.