Tomato Thokku

prep time:: 20 min
cook time:: 40 min
total time:: 1 hour

A jar of thokku

Aarthi Vivekanandan

This is a spicy and tangy dish goes extremely good with chappati,dosa,upma,curd rice

ingredients

1.Red Tomato-20
2.Chilli powder-1 cup
3.Garlic-30 cloves
4.Tumeric powder-1 tblspn
5.Coriander powder-5 tblspn
6.Cumin powder-2 tblspn
7.Lime juice-1/2 cup
8.Oil-1 cup
9.Jaggery-1 cup
10.Cumin seeds- 1tblspn
11.Salt to taste
12.Red chilli- 2 cut in to small piece.
13.Hing-1/2 tsp
14.mustard seeds- 2 tsp
15.Curry leaves- 1 spring

directions

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1.Boil the Tomato and peel it off and grind it in to a nice paste.
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2.Take a microproof bowl add 1 tblspn of oil and put the grinded tomato and cook for 30 min until it is thicken.
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3.Take a large kadai half of the oil and put the tomato puree and cook a little.
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4.Add all the spices and salt to taste and stir for 2 min.
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5.Add jaggery and stir till it is dissolved.
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6.when the tomato paste is reduced in a thokku form take it from the heat and add lime juice.
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7.Transfer it in to a bowl.
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8.Now heat the rest of the oil and add cumin seeds,Mustard seeds,Red chilli,hing,Curry leaves.
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9.Add the tempering to the paste and stir well.
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10 Let it cool down.
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11.Store in a Air tight container in the fridge.

notes

1.Reduce all the water in the grinded tomato before adding in to the oil. 2.Add the spices according to ur taste. 3.Add the tempering wen it is slightly cooled. 4.You can store this in refrigerator up to 1 month. 5. U can also add some tamarind juice.

Source: Aarthi Vivekanandan