spicy tomato pickle recipe

Hi everyone,

Ingredients

• 3 tbsp oil
• 5 large sized ripped tomato, finely chopped
• 1 small ball sized tamarind / emli
• ½ tsp turmeric / haldi
• 1 tsp methi seeds / fenugreek seeds
• 1 tsp mustard seeds / rai
• ½ tsp jaggery / gud
• 2 tsp kashmiri red chili powder / lal mirch powder

for tempering:

• 2 tsp oil
• 1 tsp mustard seeds / rai
• 2 dried red chilis
• few curry leaves / kadai patta
• ½ tsp hing / asafoetida

Instructions

1. firstly, in a large thick bottomed kadai heat oil and add chopped tomatoes.
2. additionally add a small ball of tamarind and turmeric powder. mix well.
3. cover and cook for 10 minutes or till the tomatoes turn mushy.
4. stir occasionally, to prevent tomatoes from burning.
5. again cover and simmer for 10 more minutes or till the water evaporates from tomatoes.
6. mash the tomatoes well.
7. meanwhile, heat a pan and add a tsp of mustard seeds and methi.
8. dry roast and powder them into fine powder.
9. further, add the roasted and powdered methi and mustard seeds into prepared tomato thokku.
10. also add jaggery , jaggery, red chili powder and salt.
11. mix well making sure the spices are blended well.
12. in a small kadai, heat oil for tempering.
13. further, add mustard seeds, red chilli, curry leaves and hing.
14. allow to splutter and pour the tempering onto the prepared tomato thokku.
15. finally, mix well and tomato thokku / tomato pickle is ready to serve with rice, idli or dosa. or store in a airtight container.