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Eating and Drinking => Cooking, Storing and Preserving => Topic started by: nothinghasdiedyet on July 08, 2008, 09:52

Title: Anyone got a Lime Pickle Recipe - Please
Post by: nothinghasdiedyet on July 08, 2008, 09:52
Not many people like Lime Pickle, the hot stuff you get with your Popaddoms at the Indian, but I do and thought I might have a go at making my own.
But I don't even know where to start.
Title: Anyone got a Lime Pickle Recipe - Please
Post by: noshed on July 08, 2008, 17:49
Most of the recipes seem to involve leaving in the sun for several days, so that might be hard at the moment
Title: Anyone got a Lime Pickle Recipe - Please
Post by: Aidy on July 10, 2008, 11:01
Think I have one, when I was in bradford the local curry house we lived in gave me some of there receipes, I will have a look and see.
Title: Anyone got a Lime Pickle Recipe - Please
Post by: Ice on July 10, 2008, 12:18
From the Indian Restaurant Cookbook

10 limes
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1.5 pints vinegar
1 tsp salt
1 tbsp sugar
1 large clove of garlic
three quarter pints cooking oil
4 oz fresh green chillies (optional)
1 tsp turmeric
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp chilli powder
1 tsp garam masala
2 tsp paprika

Day 1.
Pierce limes at stalk end once.  Put in pan of boiling water, add bicarb and simmer for 30 minutes.  Test if skins are tender.  Drain and cut up into small pieces.  Put 1 pint of vinegar, the salt and sugar into pan and bring to the boil.  Add limes and cook for 10 minutes.  Put in non metal bowl and leave to stand overnight.
Day 2
Mix garlic and spices into a paste with some of the remaining vinegar.
Boil half pint of oil.  Remove from heat for 3 minutes and add spice paste.  Stir over heat until spice oil comes to the surface.  Add limes and rest of vinegar and heat until vinegar disappears.  Cool slightly.
Boil remaining oil.  Put pickle in warm jars and top with hot oil.  Leave for at least 1 month.  It will keep indefinately.
Title: Anyone got a Lime Pickle Recipe - Please
Post by: nothinghasdiedyet on July 10, 2008, 13:06
Quote from: "Ice"
From the Indian Restaurant Cookbook

10 limes
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1.5 pints vinegar
1 tsp salt
1 tbsp sugar
1 large clove of garlic
three quarter pints cooking oil
4 oz fresh green chillies (optional)
1 tsp turmeric
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp chilli powder
1 tsp garam masala
2 tsp paprika

Day 1.
Pierce limes at stalk end once.  Put in pan of boiling water, add bicarb and simmer for 30 minutes.  Test if skins are tender.  Drain and cut up into small pieces.  Put 1 pint of vinegar, the salt and sugar into pan and bring to the boil.  Add limes and cook for 10 minutes.  Put in non metal bowl and leave to stand overnight.
Day 2
Mix garlic and spices into a paste with some of the remaining vinegar.
Boil half pint of oil.  Remove from heat for 3 minutes and add spice paste.  Stir over heat until spice oil comes to the surface.  Add limes and rest of vinegar and heat until vinegar disappears.  Cool slightly.
Boil remaining oil.  Put pickle in warm jars and top with hot oil.  Leave for at least 1 month.  It will keep indefinately.


Thats way to much oil for my liking guess I will just leave it as a treat when I go for a Ruby.

But thanks anyway
Title: Anyone got a Lime Pickle Recipe - Please
Post by: gardengran on July 10, 2008, 13:32
http://indianfoodrocks.blogspot.com/2006/05/lemon-pickle-without-oil-picture.html

will this help?  :D
Title: Anyone got a Lime Pickle Recipe - Please
Post by: nothinghasdiedyet on July 11, 2008, 08:42
Quote from: "gardengran"
http://indianfoodrocks.blogspot.com/2006/05/lemon-pickle-without-oil-picture.html

will this help?  :D


Not quite the same thing but it does look pretty good so I will give this a try

Thank you very much

There is also this

http://indianfoodrocks.blogspot.com/2006/08/make-lime-pickle-sans-oil-while-sun.html (http://indianfoodrocks.blogspot.com/2006/08/make-lime-pickle-sans-oil-while-sun.html)
Title: Anyone got a Lime Pickle Recipe - Please
Post by: Aidy on July 12, 2008, 11:48
I promised the receipe for ya, and as yet still have'nt found it  :?  but still looking.