Tomato pickle | Thakkali oorugai | Thakkali thokku - How to make-Step by step photos & Video

Cuisine Style:Tamil Nadu, South India | Preparation&Cooking Time: 20 minutes | To Serve: 4 | Type : Pickle,oorugai, pachadi, thokku | Take with : Rice, idli, dosa, pongal,chapati

Ingredients

• Tomato – 5 [chopped]
• Garlic – 4 cloves [chopped or mashed]
• Red chilli powder – 3 tbsp
• Curry leaves – 1 spring[optional]
• Mustard seeds – ½ tbsp
• Jaggery – 2 tbsp [grated]
• Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
• Tamarind paste – ½ tbsp or tamarind water – 2 tbsp
• Asafetida – a pinch
• Salt to taste
• Sesame oil – 5 tbsp

For roasting & grinding

• Mustard seeds – 1 tbsp
• Fenugreek – 1 tbsp
• Dry roast above ingredients & finely grind without water

Method

• Heat sesame oil in a pan add mustard seeds & let it splutter. Then add garlic sauté till light brown.
• Add curry leaves & asafetida sauté.
• Add ground mustard & fenugreek powder sauté on low flame.
• Add tomato, turmeric & red chilli powder sauté till soft[Apr 15 min].
• Add tamarind paste & salt mix well & cook for another 5 min.
• Finally add jaggery mix well & cook for 5 min.
• Once it’s ready, cut off heat & let it cool & store in an airtight container use within 3 days
• Serve hot with rice, idli or dosa

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How to make Tomato Pickle- Step by step photos

Take 10 tomatoes

Fenugreek,salt,hing,garlic, mustard,red chilli powder,jaggery, & tamarind

Turmeric powder

Sesame oil[nallennai or til oil]

Dry roast fenugreek seeds

Dry roast Mustard seeds

Let it cool & grind

Heat pan, add sesame oil

Add garlic

Saute well

Add tomato

Saute well

Add red chilli & turmeric powder

Add salt

Add tamrind extract, let it cook till it thickens

Heat sesame oil in a pan

Add mustard seeds

Add asafoetida

Add freshly ground fenugreek, mustard powder

Add seasoned ingredients

Add jaggery cook till oil separates

Finally add 1 ladle sesame oil

Now its ready, cut off heat

Tomato pickle ready, serve with curd rice, chapathi, idli, dosa,uthapam or rice

Thakkali oorugai