Ingredients

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1/2 kg Lemons (Nimbu)
250 grams Sugar (Cheeni) (2 cups heaped)
1 teaspoon Red chili pepper (Lal Mirchi)
2 tablespoons Salt (Namak)
1/4 teaspoon ground big Cardamoms (Elaichi Moti)
1/8 teaspoon ground Cloves (Lavang)

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Method :

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* Wash the lemons and wipe with a cloth.
* Squeeze out the juice and add salt to it.
* Cut long strips of lemon skins and soak in the juice and put in a jar.
* Put the jar in the sun for 6 days and shake it every other day till the lemon skins are tender.
* Add sugar, Red chili pepper , cardamoms and cloves and mix.
* Keep it in the sun until sugar is dissolved.
* This chutney can be preserved for one year if it is kept in an airtight jar.