{"id":1907,"slug":"lemon-pickle-ii","title":"Lemon Pickle II","description":"Lemon pickle is a traditional condiment used with Indian food. Many pickle recipes from India have oil to help preserve the pickle, but this recipe uses no oil.","ingredients_raw":["8 small or 4 large lemons","½ cup salt","¼–½ cup sugar","4 small green chiles, finely chopped","1 tablespoon yellow mustard seed","1 tablespoon ground ginger","1 teaspoon fenugreek seed","¼ teaspoon turmeric powder","1–2 star anise pods"],"ingredients_norm":["lemon","salt","sugar","green chili","yellow mustard seed","ground ginger","fenugreek seed","turmeric powder","star anise pod"],"steps":["Cut lemons into small pieces, and place in a bowl.","Cover with salt and set aside for at least 4 hours (24 is better).","Dry-roast the yellow mustard seeds, fenugreek seeds, star anise, and chopped chilis in a pan over high heat, shaking constantly—don't burn them!","Strain the juice from the lemons into a small saucepan, add the turmeric, ginger and sugar, and simmer for 2–3 minutes until the sugar has dissolved. If there isn't enough juice, add 1–2 tablespoons water.","Add the spices and sugar mixture to the bowl of lemons, and mix together well.","Pack into a pint jar, pressing the pieces in if needed, to ensure that the liquid covers all the lemon pieces.","Set aside to mature for 1 month."],"categories":["Indian recipes","Recipes using lemon","Naturally gluten-free recipes","Vegan recipes","Recipes using star anise","Recipes using sugar","Recipes using chile","Recipes using fenugreek seed","Recipes using ground ginger","Recipes using mustard seed"],"prep_time_minutes":20,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":20,"servings":null,"yield_text":"about 1 pint of pickle","difficulty":null,"source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Lemon_Pickle_II","source_ref":"4615170","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Lemon_Pickle_II&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"f8d31b045c323a3231facd2d56bb1af13593dc892dbfe799041f54d73f417b75","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:07Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:07Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/lemon-pickle-ii"}