Tomato thokku with step by step pictures. Thakkali Thokku recipe with tomatoes, chillies, jaggery and tamarind cooked till thick and pickle.
Tomato Thokku Recipe
I love making pickles, because they transform any simple meal into a tasty one. Whenever i don't have time to make lunch, i used to have a pile of rice, curd and pickles. YUM YUM.
This is a spicy delicious pickle made using tomatoes. It is easy to make and can be store for quite a long time. Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you.
Ingredients for Tomato Thokku
- Tomato
- Tamarind
- Gingelly Oil
- Salt
- Chilli Powder
- Mustard Seeds
- Urad dal
- Jaggery
- Asafoetida
How to Make Thakkali Thokku
- Heat ¼ cup oil in a kadai, add in tomatoes, tamarind, salt and mix well. cover and cook till it softens.
- Keep cooking till oil separates. Cool it down and take it in a blender, puree till coarse.
- Heat ¼ cup of oil in the same pan, add mustard, urad dal and asafoetida and let it sizzle.
- Add the tomato puree, add in chilli powder and cook till oil separates.
- Cool it down.
- Store in an air tight container in fridge.
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Ingredients
- Tomato - 8 large chopped
- Tamarind - 1 lemon size
- Gingelly Oil - ¼ cup + ¼ cup
- Salt to taste
- Chilli Powder - 2 tblspn
- Mustard Seeds / Kaduku - 1 tsp
- Urad dal / Ulundu Paruppu - 1 tsp
- Asafoetida / Hing / Kaya Podi - ¼ tsp
Instructions
- Heat ¼ cup oil in a kadai, add in tomatoes, tamarind, salt and mix well. cover and cook till it softens.
- Keep cooking till oil separates. Cool it down and take it in a blender, puree till coarse.
- Heat ¼ cup of oil in the same pan, add mustard, urad dal and asafoetida and let it sizzle.
- Add the tomato puree, add in chilli powder and cook till oil separates.
- Cool it down.
- Store in an air tight container in fridge.
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Andhra Tomato Thokku with Step by Step Pictures
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| Take tomatoes and wash well |
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| Chop it up |
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| heat oil in a kadai, add in tomatoes |
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| add in tamarind |
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| mix well |
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| cover and cook till it softens |
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| cook till oil separates |
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| add salt |
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| mix well |
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| cook till oil separates |
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| now it is done |
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| take it in a blender |
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| puree till smooth |
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| heat oil in a pan, crackle mustard and urad dal |
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| add asafoetida |
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| tomato puree |
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| add in chilli powder |
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| mix well |
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| cook till it thickens |
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| now oil has separates |
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| cool it down, store it in a clean jar |
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| Enjoy |
How to Thakkali Thokku Recipe
This is perfect with curd rice. You can store it for so many days. I would advise to store this in fridge and use it. Please try this and let me know what you think.
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Thakkali Thokku Recipe
Ingredients
- Tomato-10 pureed
- Red chilli powder- ½ cup
- Coriander powder- ¼ cup
- Jaggery / Sarkarai you could use sugar- ½ cup
- Salt to taste
- Oil- ½ cup + ½ cup
- Mustard seeds /Kaduku-1 tblpsn
- Cumin seeds / Jeerakam-1 tblspn
- Dry red chilli-5
- Asafoetida / Kaya podi-1 tsp
- Curry leaves-a handful
Instructions
- In a kadai add ½ cup of oil and pour in the tomato puree.let it come to a boil..Cook for 15-20 min until thickened.
- Add in red chilli powder,coriander powder,jaggery.salt and mix well.
- Make the seasoning by heating oil and crackling some mustard seeds,cumin seeds,asafoetida,dry red chilli,curry leaves..
- Pour this into the tomato mixture and mix well.
- Let this cool down and put this into the clean jar and store in fridge.
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Anonymous
mouth wateringg
Anonymous
Wow, looks tasty. Please tell me the shelf life - if kept outside and in fridge?
Anonymous
Thank you very much for this recipe........... Really it tastes very good 😋