Pickle plays a manager role in our cuisine. Pickle is a must when it comes to a meal in South India. We make pickles in all most with every vegetable. Here is the recipe for Tomato Pickle.
Ingredients
- Red ripe Tomato - 5-6 large nos(chopped into chunky pieces)
- Tamarind - Big Lemon size
- Chilli powder - 3 heaping tbsp(according to the spice level)
- Mustard seeds - 2 heaping tbsp
- Garlic - 2 whole(peeled & cut into medium size pieces if you have large garlic cloves)
- Curry Leaves - 2-3 strings
- Asafetida powder - 1tbsp
- Salt - to taste
- gingelly oil - 3/4 cup
Instructions
- Heat a non-stick Kadai, add the chopped tomatoes and the tamarind. Cook the tomatoes and the tamarind in a med-high flame until the water from the tomatoes evaporates for 15-20 minutes.
- Then, add the chilli powder and salt. cook for the next 5-10 minutes.
- Heat oil in a separate pan and splutter the mustard seeds.
- Add the garlic, fry until the garlic is golden brown.
- Splutter the curry leaves now.
- Then, pour the oil-garlic mix to the tomatoes-tamarind mixture.
- Add the asafetida powder and cook till the tomatoes-tamarind and oil-garlic is well combined and cooked well. When it combines and comes to pickle consistency (takes about 10minutes) turn off the stove.
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