South Indian

South Indian Lemon Pickle

Name: South Indian Lemon Pickle
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 10 servings
Cuisine: South Indian
Ingredients: 6 lemons; 1/4 cup sesame oil; 1 tbsp mustard seeds; 1/2 tsp fenugreek seeds; 1 tsp turmeric; 1 tbsp red chili powder; 1 tbsp jaggery; 2 tbsp salt

Ramya R. @ramya_r

South Indian Lemon Pickle is South Indian home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the condiment. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

25 min Easy Diabetic friendly Low carb Vegetarian Vegan Halal Gluten free Dairy free Pescatarian

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

6 lemons
1/4 cup sesame oil
1 tbsp mustard seeds
1/2 tsp fenugreek seeds
1 tsp turmeric
1 tbsp red chili powder
1 tbsp jaggery
2 tbsp salt

How to cook it

Cut the lemons into small wedges, toss with the salt, and let them sit for 30 minutes to soften and release their juice.
Dry roast the mustard and fenugreek seeds separately until fragrant, cool, and grind coarsely.
Heat the sesame oil until it shimmers, then stir in the ground spices, turmeric, and chili powder off the heat.
Fold the lemon wedges and jaggery into the spiced oil and cook gently over low heat until glossy and the lemon softens further, about 8 minutes.
Cool completely, pack into a clean jar, and serve a spoonful alongside the meal.

Watch how to cook South Indian Lemon Pickle

Someone making it start to finish, so you can see what the steps look like.

Serve it with

A South Indian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside South Indian Lemon Pickle, read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

The dish at the centre
- Adai (Tamil Nadu Multi-Lentil Dosa)
  
  30 min
What it is eaten with
- Bajra Bhakri (Pearl Millet Flatbread)
  
  35 min
Something cool and fresh
- Fried Vadam
  
  10 min

A course labelled with another kitchen's name comes from a cuisine in the same family, which is where this plate usually borrows it from.

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. South Indian Lemon Pickle carries sesame. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in South Indian Lemon Pickle
Allergen	In this dish	Cook this instead
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	No
Gluten	No
Shellfish	No
Eggs	No
Soy	No
Fish	No
Sesame	Yes	Coconut Chutney
Coconut	No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 60 kcal
Protein: 0 g
Carbs: 6 g
Fat: 4 g
Fiber: 1 g
Sugar: 3 g
Sodium: 480 mg
Saturated fat: 1 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

South Indian Lemon Pickle takes about 25 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.