Friday 6 December 2013

Tomato Pickle

Tomato pickle is most popular in south India. Making of tomato pickle is very easy.  You will experience the sweet, sour, salty and spicy flavors in the pickle.






Ingredients:

  • Tomatoes- 250 gm
  • Salt- 2 tbsp (or to taste)
  • Turmeric powder- ½ tsp
  • Mustard seeds-1 tbsp + ¼ tsp
  • Fenugreek seeds- ¼ tsp
  • Asafoetida (Hing)- ¼ tsp
  • Sugar- 1 tbsp
  • Red chilli powder- 1~2 tbsp (as per like)
  • Oil- ¼ cup


Method:

  • Dry roast 1 tbsp mustard seeds and fenugreek seeds till feel a nice aroma. Let it cool and grind into powder.
  • Wash the tomatoes and pat dry, then cut them into little chunks.
  • Heat the oil in a pan, add ¼ tsp mustard seeds once it splutter add hing make the flame to low, now add tomato chunks, turmeric powder, sugar and salt.
  • Cook on low heat and stir occasionally till all ingredients blend together and tomatoes become a soft lump and oil will discharge on the sides. It will take about 15 min.
  • After switching off the flame , let it cool .Once it cools completely add the mustard fenugreek powder, chilli powder and mix nicely and shift it to a dry jar.
  • You can store this pickle for 20 days to and if you refrigerator  it will last for 3 months.
  • Enjoy with your any type of paratha or dosa.

3 comments:

Shruti J said...

Love this one!!! Absolutely finger-licking good :)

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Unknown said...

Wow awesome recipe! Thanks for sharing with us, when I started reading from this perspective, a very interesting website picklemasti caught my eye. I visited website, I came to know they are offering a sample of Mango Pickle (100gms) at doorstep absolutely FREE!!!! Free Indian pickle offer is limited!

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