How to pickle salted lemons Authentic salted lemon pickling method

Salted lemon is a common ingredient for people to soak in water in summer. It is a special ingredient made from fresh lemons. It can clear away heat and detoxify, and can also prevent heatstroke. But how should salted lemons be pickled? Today I will write down the authentic salted lemon pickling method. If you want to pickle salted lemons, you can learn it carefully.

How to make authentic salted lemons

Ingredients for pickled salted lemons

When making salted lemons at home, you need to prepare 300 grams of fresh lemons, 100 grams of sea salt, an appropriate amount of flour and table salt, and a clean glass bottle.

How to make pickled lemon

1. Put the prepared fresh lemon into clean water and soak it for a while. Then add flour and mix well and soak it for fifteen minutes. Then take out the lemon and wash it with clean water to remove moisture.

2. Put the lemons after removing the moisture into a glass bottle. Put a layer of lemons and a layer of salt, and repeat this process. Put salt on the top layer, then cover the bottle, seal the bottle and put it in a cool place to marinate. After a month, the lemons inside will change color and become soft. At this time, the salted lemons you made yourself are already marinated, and you can take them out and eat them whenever you want.

3. When pickling salty lemons at home, Yining chooses smaller domestic green lemons. They must be cleaned before pickling. If you don’t want to use flour, you can also soak them in light salt water. Only after soaking can all the dirt and pectin on the surface of the green lemon be cleaned.