pickled lemons

North Indian Lime Pickle Ingredients

210 ml vegetable oil
1 tablespoon whole fenugreek seeds;    
1/2 tablespoon ground fenugreek    
10 dried chilies 
4 1-inch sticks cinnamon
3/4 tablespoon turmeric    
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 tablespoon cloves
2 tablespoon black mustard seeds 
original recipe has 1 tablespoon ground asafoetida
12 limes or lemons ; well rinsed
150 gram salt

cut the lime into 8 pieces (or more), remove pips, heat the oil in a pan and toss in the following ingredients, as they begin to pop, pour the oil and spice mixture over the stuffed limes. set aside to cool to room temperature before packing in jars.