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Pickles are popular condiments in the Indian subcontinent. This lemon pickle is known as “Nimbu ka Achaar” in Hindi, and “Elumichai Oorugai” in Tamil. And it is quite easy to prepare. My mom always makes “Neer Elumichai” – no oil lemon pickle recipe with ginger. When needed, she makes the spicy version with the soaked lemons or the neer elumichai. She also makes an instant version by soaking the lemon in hot water, more like a boiled lemon pickle. That boiled lemon pickle concept is the inspiration behind this recipe of mine. As much as I like the Sweet lemon pickle, I love sweet and spicy ones too, especially for the parathas. So when my colleague gave me a few lemons, I decided to make it a sweet and spicy one this time. I used the spices that we regularly use for pickles in our home but added some jaggery as well. I didn’t follow any particular style and gave my spin to this recipe. So this is more like South Indian style lemon pickle with jaggery.