Tomato Pickle / Thakkali Thokku

I learnt this from my mom after a friend asked me for the recipe. The funny thing about this recipe is i have never tasted this before i made it for the first time :-) My mom used to make this often as my dad liked it, but i never touched it. Tomatos made into pickle sounded wierd to me. When my parents came here, we had invited our friends for some occasion and she made it for breakfast to go with idlis. My friends loved it and asked me for the recipe. My husband liked it too and i decided to take the recipe from her :) Since everyone seemed to be liking it, i thought i'll give it a shot and it was yummy. It didn't have the wierd sweet taste that i was expecting it to have. Infact, it was sooo spicy that i reduced the chilli powder the next time i made. It is not only yum, it is very easy to make too and a very simple recipe to remember.



Ingredients :
Tomatos - 4
Red chilli powder - 1/2 spoon (increase if u can handle it :))
Salt to taste
Sugar - 1 spoon (it still doesn't give the wierd sweet taste :))
Mustard seeds and hing
Oil - 1 spoon (I like sesame oil for pickles)

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ (Tomato thokku with oatmeal rava dosa) ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

Method :
1. Boil water (enough to immerse the 4 tomatos) in a large pan. Immerse the tomatos in boiling water and keep it for 5 minutes or so.

2. Remove and let it cool by running it in cold water. This will make it easy to peel the skin off.

3. Mash the tomatos and keep aside.

4. In a pan, add oil and pop mustard seeds. Add a pinch of hing.

5. Add the mashed tomatos, chilli powder, sugar and salt to taste and cook till the you get a thick gooey consistency.

Tastes good with Dosa, Idli, Rotis, Curd-rice and Pongal.

Sending this to Sanghi's Fall In Luv : Tomato and i'm dedicating it to my brother as he loves tomatos. I am not a big fan of tomatos, but when we were kids, my bro showed me a yummy way to have tomatos- by cutting it and dipping the juicy side in sugar ;-) It tastes really good.

Zero-oil Lemon Green Chilli Pickle

This is my grandma's recipe. She taught me this simple, yet very tasty pickle when i went to india this time. It has zero oil, btw.

Ingredients :

Lemon : 20

Green chillies : 6

Salt to taste (Approximately 2 teaspoons)

Method :

Cut lemon into small pieces. Slit green chillies vertically and mix this and salt with the cut lemon pieces. Mix them all very well and store it in a glass or ceramic vessel in a cool place for few days. I kept it for about 2 weeks and it tasted so good.

I am sending this to Sunshinemom's FIC: Yellow