Recipe: Appetizing Citron pickle
Recipe: Appetizing Citron pickle Delicious, fresh and tasty.
Citron pickle. Narthangai, also known as Citron or Bitter Orange, has lots of medicinal value, aids digestion and removes the bitterness in the tongue. It is used for making dry pickle, spicy pickle, Pachadi, Kuzhambu etc. Like lemon rice, we can make Narthangai Rice using its juice.
It's a simple recipe made with citron fruit.
The skin of the fruit is unlike Lemon.
It has to be well treated by soaking before mixing the masalas.
You can have Citron pickle using 6 ingredients and 1 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Citron pickle
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Prepare 250 gms of Citron.
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You need 75 gms of salt.
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You need 2 of lemon juice.
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It’s 300 gms of sugar.
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It’s 1 tsp of asafoetida.
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Prepare 2 tsp of red chilli powder.
The masalas are chilli powder, turmeric powder, fenugreek powder, asafoetida powder, salt and gingely oil.
This is a tangy pickle prepared with the best quality Citron.
Enjoy the refreshing taste of a pickle made from carefully chosen ingredients that bring out the authentic taste of India and enhances any meal.
Curd Rice Served with Narthangai Pickle Pickling Narthangai.
Citron pickle step by step
- Cut Citron in pieces, add turmeric powder salt and lemon juice mix properly and put into sterilized jar cover it with lid. Shake it upside down every day for 2 months. Remove water from it and add sugar, red chilli powder and asafoetida mix well and store into another sterilized jar cover with lid. Self life of this pickle is about 1 year..
Uppu Narthangai which is the best way to deal with the stomach disorders is usually chopped pieces of Narthangai mixed with Kallu uppu or rock salt and some turmeric.
It takes about a week (depending upon quantity) for the citron to soften and ready for consumption.
Narthangai is known as citron or bitter lemon in English.
This pickle is extremely easy to make and taste very delicious with curd rice.
Today we will learn how to make Narthangai Oorugai/citron pickle following this easy recipe with step wise pictures.
