Name: Tomato Thokku recipe by Muthulakshmi Madhavakrishnan at BetterButter
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1/2 kg red ripe tomatoes; 2 tbsp thick tamarind extract; 1/2 tbsp red chilly powder; 1/4 tsp turmeric powder; 1/2 tsp asafoetdia powder; 1/2 tsp Fenugreek; 1 tbsp powdered jaggery; few curry leaves; 1/2 tsp mustard seeds; 1/2 tsp Urid dal; 5 tbsp gingelly oil; Salt

ABOUT Tomato Thokku RECIPE

An interestingly unique side dish for any breads and rice. You can also use this thokku as a base to prepare tomato rice, tomato poha upma or tomato idiyappam. Enjoy this spicy, tangy and tasty thokku.

Ingredients Serving: 4

1/2 kg red ripe tomatoes
2 tbsp thick tamarind extract
1/2 tbsp red chilly powder
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
1/2 tsp asafoetdia powder
1/2 tsp Fenugreek
1 tbsp powdered jaggery
few curry leaves
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
1/2 tsp Urid dal
5 tbsp gingelly oil
Salt

Instructions

Chop the tomatoes into small pieces. Dry roast the fenugreek and powder it.
Take a heavy bottomed kadai and heat the oil . Now add the mustard seeds and urid dal. When it splutters add the curry leaves.
Then add the chopped tomatoes.Saute them for 5 to 7 mins. The juices will be separated from the tomatoes. Now add the tamarind extract and salt.
Mix them nicely and cook on low flame. After 2 mins, add the chilly powder, turmeric powder and allow the tomatoes to cook completely.
Cook them until all the water gets evaporated. Finally, add the jaggery powder, asafoetdia powder and fenugreek powder. Let them cook it for a couple of minutes and transfer it in a glass bowl or glass bottle. Serve it with chapathi, curd rice and dosas.

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