Steamed Lime Pickle

Ingredients

1. 4 limes sliced and diced, one cup ginger peeled and cut, one cup green chilies cut into small pieces.
2. Sesame oil - 1 tbsp, mustard oil 1 tbsp , - for seasoning
3. mustard seeds, - 1 tsp
4. methi prowder, turmeric, hing - t asp (all mixed)
5. red chilie powder - 2 tbsps
6. salt - 4 tbsps or to taste

Procedure

1. Place all cut items in idli plate and steam cook.
2. Allow it to cool .
3. Take a pan and add sesame oil, add mustard seeds.
4. Once mustard splutters, then reduce the flame and add hing, turmeric, half of chilies powder 
5. Once hing dissolves in oil, add all the steam cooked items.
6. Add salt and git it a nice stir.
7. Now add mustard oil and turn off gas.
8. Stir it well.
9. The water in idli vessel, is also very sour and smells/tastes good. Add some slat and drink it like sarbath or make a lemon rasam! 

Super fragrant pickle is ready! Enjoy it with idly, dosas, curd rice, upma etc..

A very nice alternative for store-bought pickles with vinegar!