Nimmakaaya Ooragaaya

Ingredients:

1) 25 lemons/nimmakaayalu
2) 100g salt
3) 100g chilli powder
4) 30g fenugreek powder/ menthipodi
5) 10g turmeric powder / pasupu

Procedure:
1. Wash and dry the lemons till no water it left. Wipe the lemons properly.
2. Cut 10 lemons into 8 pieces each. Squeeze juice from the remaining 15 lemons.
3. Take a clean glass container with good lid.
4. Put the lemon pieces and add the squeezed lemon juice to the pieces along with half amount of salt and turmeric powder.
5. Store them for 3 whole days.
6. On 4th day add the remaining salt, chilli powder and fenugreek powder.
7. Mix well and let the container be safely placed for 3 more days.
8. After 3 days mix again and can be eaten direct with rice/paratas/ rotis.
9. Or do seasoning with mustard seeds, asafoetida in oil.

Note: 1] Please be careful not to have the water contact with the pickle.
2] Don't keep pickles in steel containers. Pickle will eat away the steel.
3] Please change the quantity of salt/chilli powder as per taste.