Saturday, July 25, 2009

Tomato Pickle 1





Ingredients:
Tomatoes - 1 Kg
Turmeric powder - 1 tspn
Vinegar - 1 1/2 cup
Salt to taste

For paste:
Ginger - 1/2 cup
Garlic - 1/2 cup
Dry Red Chillies - 15-20 Nos.

For Tempering:
Mustard Seeds - 1 tsp
Fenugreek seeds - 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves few
Red chillies - 2 nos.
Sesame Oil - 1/4 cup

Preparation:
Cut the tomatoes put it in a bowl along with turmeric, 1 cup of vinegar and salt. Let it soak for 2 hrs. Meanwhile make a paste with ginger, garlic and redchillies. Now take oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, redchillies, fenugreek seeds, curry leaves, add in the paste, saute it for a while then add in soaked tomato mixture and rest of the vinegar. Cook it till it achieves a thick paste kind of consistency and oil floats on top. Store it in a jar. This one goes well with Dosas, Idlies, Pongal, Chappatties, Curd rice, any kind of roties.