TOMATO PICKLE RECIPE |EASY PICKLE RECIPES

I am a big fan of home made tomato thokku.  When i was casually talking with a friend in chennai, she was telling tomaotes were in season and they are getting nice red tomatoes. Suddenly the recipe i bookmarked from here few days back flashed my mind. So decided to give it a try. It slightly altered the method of making it. It turned out so well and i am enjoying this thokku for my dosa, idli , parathas, upmas and what not. Make it today and enjoy it for a week. Check out my tomato biryani, tomato puree, Tomato sweet jam.

Tomato Pickle

  Preparation Time : 15 mins | Cooking Time : 45 Mins |Yields: 1 cup + little more approx

     Ripe Tomatoes   5 big 
     Tamarind    a small gooseberry size
     Red chili powder     3 tsp
     Vendayam | Fenugreek seeds   1 tsp
      Mustard seeds     1 tsp + 1/4 tsp
      Garlic pods     20
      Sesame  oil    3 tblsp
      Turmeric powder     1/2 tsp
       Salt     as needed 
       Jaggery   1 tsp
     
     

Method:

• Chop the tomatoes finely. Peel the skin of garlic and keep it aside.

• Dry roast the mustard seeds(1 tsp) and fenugreek seeds nicely. Be careful not to get it burnt. 

• If you can grind this in a mixie. Since it is a small quantity i used a mortar and pestel to grind this.
• In a heavy bottomed pan add sesame oil and add mustard sees (1/4 tsp) and add the garlic pods.
• Cook in a low flame till the garlic slightly changes the colour.

• Add the chopped tomato to this. Cover this and cook for 10 minutes. The tomaotes will ooze out water, so no need to add water. But keep the flame medium. 

• Soak the tamarind and extract the tamrind juice using 3/4 cup of water. After 10 minutes add the tamarind water to this.

• Add the red chili powder, turmeric powder and salt. Cook this till the raw smell of the red chili powder goes. 

• Add the roasted mustard and vendaya powder to this. Mix well.

• Add little jaggery to this. Mix well and continue to cook till the tomato reaches the pickle consistency. 

• Once it reaches the right stage, switch off the flame. Allow this to cool completely. 

• Transfer it to a clean dry container and keep it inside the refrigerator. A perfect side dish for Parathas, roti and curd rice too.

  

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