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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Tomato Thokku | Thakkali Thokku Recipe

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Prep Time 10

Cook Time 30

Total Time 40

Course Pickle

Cuisine Indian

Servings servings

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

Take tomatoes and wash well

Chop it up

heat oil in a kadai, add in tomatoes

add in tamarind

mix well

cover and cook till it softens

cook till oil separates

add salt

mix well

cook till oil separates

now it is done

take it in a blender

puree till smooth

heat oil in a pan, crackle mustard and urad dal

add asafoetida

tomato puree

add in chilli powder

mix well

cook till it thickens

now oil has separates

cool it down, store it in a clean jar

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

Aarthi

Delicious spicy tomato thokku recipe. This pairs well with roti, rice, curd rice or anything.

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Prep Time 10

Cook Time 30

Total Time 40

Course Pickles

Cuisine Indian

Servings cups

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.