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28 Mar 2007

Tomato Pickle/Thakkali Achar



Ingredients and method
Tomato - 1/2 kg
Garlic paste - 1 tsp
Ginger paste - 1 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Chilly powder - 2 tsp
Fennel seeds(Perinjeerakam) powder - 1/2 tsp
Green chillies - 3 nos
Curry leaves - A few
Coconut oil - 3 tbsp
Mustard seeds - A little
Vinegar - 2 tbsp
Sugar - 1/4 tsp

1)Clean and cut tomatoes into fine pieces.
2)Mix with salt and keep it for half an hour.
3)Grind together chillies and curry leaves.
4)Heat coconut oil in a pan or a kadai.
5)Splutter mustard seeds.
6)Add ginger paste, garlic paste, fennel seeds powder and green chillies-curry leaves paste.
7)Stir for 2 mins.
8)Add chilly powder and turmeric powder. Stir well.
9)Add tomato.
10)Allow it to cook.
11)Add salt, if reqd.
12)Add vinegar.
13)Cook, until this becomes thick and gets a consistency of that of jam.:- Serve with dosas or can be used as a side dish for rice.

Recipe submitted to RP for Jhiva for tomatoes

3 comments:

  1. Good recipe, you can send this to RP's workshop as she is hosting the Jihva for tomatoes.

    sp

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  2. Hi Sp,
    Thanks for the suggestion..
    Hope to see you again..

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  3. Hi,
    Ur tomato pickel is nice and simple...........

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