Lime & Date Pickle. Lime or Limes primarily refers to: Lime (fruit), a green citrus fruit. Lime (material), inorganic materials containing calcium, usually calcium oxide or calcium hydroxide. Lime (color), a color between yellow and green.

From Middle English lyme, lym, lime, from Old English līm, from Proto-Germanic *līmaz. You can cook Lime & Date Pickle using 17 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Lime & Date Pickle

1. It's 10 of numbers Lime.
2. You need 2 tablespoons of Oil.
3. You need 1 cup of Dates, chopped.
4. Prepare 2 tablespoons of Garlic, sliced.
5. It's 2 tablespoons of Ginger, sliced.
6. Prepare 2 of Nos Green chilli, sliced.
7. Prepare 2 tablespoons of Kashmiri chilli powder.
8. Prepare 1/2 tablespoon of Chilli powder.
9. It's 1/4 teaspoon of Turmeric powder.
10. You need 1/2 teaspoon of Asafoetida powder.
11. You need 1 teaspoon of Mustard seed.
12. It's 1/2 teaspoon of Fenugreek seed.
13. Prepare of as required Boiling water.
14. Prepare to taste of Vinegar.
15. Prepare to taste of Sugar.
16. It's to taste of Salt.
17. It's 1/2 cup of Oil.

Lime & Date Pickle step by step

1. Heat 2 tablespoon oil in a pan, saute lime until the color changes. It takes about 5 - 10 minutes. Allow it to cool and cut each lime into 8 pieces. Discard juice and oil..
2. Heat 1/2 cup oil in a pan, fry mustard seed, fenugreek seed, garlic, ginger and green chilli slightly. Remove pan from heat and add kashmiri chilli powder, chilli powder, turmeric powder and asafoetida powder..
3. Add chopped dates along with little boiling water and cook in low flame until soft. Add required amount of boiling water, salt, vinegar and sugar, bring to boil until thick. Switch off flame and add lime pieces, mix well and adjust the taste..
4. Let it cool completely and store in airtight container. Pour little oil on top of the pickle. Keep refrigerated to increase the shelf-life..