Lemon pickles with safflower

My mom used to go to the street market and buy the freshest lemon, then come home and bring out the big jars to make pickles. We didn't have a pickling room but we did have a pickling space.

Ingredients:
1- One kilo of lemon.
2- 250g of hot red pepper, chopped.
3- 50g of safflower.
4- 50g of black seed.
5- 250 of salt.
6- 100ml of olive oil.
7- 500 ml lemon juice.

Preparations:
1-  Wash the lemons and dry them with a towel.
2- Mix the chopped pepper with salt. Then, add the safflower and black seed. Mix all of them well.
3- Make small cuts in the lemons and stuff the cuts with the spices.
4- Put the lemons in the jar.
5- Add the lemon juice. Then add the olive oil on top.
6- The jar must be air tight.
7- Leave the pickles for one to two months to be done.
Keep in dry place away from air and water.

Be Al-hana We Al-shafa!

Easy Pickles

My mom used to make everything at home, even pickles. It is very easy to make home-made pickle. It takes just a few steps.

Carrot Pickles:
Ingredients: 
1- Half a kilo of carrots, fresh and hard.
2- Five chili peppers.
3- Five full tablespoons of salt.
4- A tablespoon of oil.
5- Water.
6- Garlic cloves (optional).

Preparation: 
Slice the carrots. Use a knife to poke some holes in the chili peppers. Mix the salt with water and fill a medium-sized jar with it, then add the carrots, garlic and the pepper. Add a spoonful of oil and close the jar tightly and leave it for 10 to 15 days.

Cucumber Pickles:
Ingredients:
1- Fresh five cucumbers.
2- Four tablespoon of salt.
3- Water.
4- One spoon of oil.

Preparation:
Warm the water up. It should be warm not hot. Add the salt and mix it together. Slice the cucumber and add it to the salty water. The last step is to add a spoonful of oil. Close the jar tightly and leave it  2 days.