Thakkali Achar / Tomato Pickle

Tomato Pickle is a dry side dish served with Rice or other breakfast items like Dosa or Idly.
It is prepared using Tomato puree sauted along with other spices till the water dries off.

INGREDIENTS:

• Tomato - 10 nos
• Garlic paste - 1 tsp
• Ginger paste - 1 tsp
• Chilli Powder- ½ tsp
• Turmeric Powder - tsp
• Fenu greek powder - ¼ tsp
• Asafoetida - ¼ tsp
• Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
• Curry leaves - few
• Sesame oil - ¼ cup
• sugar - 1 tsp

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Salt to taste
• Put Tomato in boiled and peel the skin.
• Grind tomato into pulp.
• Heat oil in a Pan.
• Add mustard seeds, when it starts to splutter add Ginger paste, Garlic paste, curry leaves and fry it.
• Add asafoetida stir for a minute.
• Add Tomato pulp, Turmeric powder, Chilli powder and Salt and cook it.
• When the water dries up add fenugreek powder and sugar and stir well.
• Stir well till the Oil oozes out and remove from fire..

Recommended Combination: Serve with Chappathi, Dosa, Idli, Rice.