tomato pickle recipe | tomato pachadi recipe | tomato achar recipe
easy tomato pickle recipe | tomato pachadi recipe | tomato achar recipe
Servings 1 jar
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp oil
- 6 large tomatoes chopped
- ½ cup tamarind extract
- 1 tbsp methi / fenugreek seeds
- 1 tbsp mustard seeds / rai
- ½ tsp turmeric / haldi
- 1½ tbsp kashmiri red chilli powder / lal mirch powder
- 1 tsp salt adjust to taste
- ½ tsp jaggery / gud optional
for tempering:
- 2 tsp oil
- 1 tsp mustard seeds / rai
- pinch of hing / asafoetida
- 5 cloves garlic chopped
- 1 dried red chilli broken
- few curry leaves
Instructions
- firstly, heat oil and add in tomatoes.
- saute for a minute making sure is oil is coated well to tomatoes.
- now cover and simmer for 10 minutes.
- after 10 minutes, tomatoes have cooked completely turning soft and mushy.
- add in ½ cup tamarind extract and mix well.
- again cover and simmer for 10 more minutes.
- now the mixture has turned thick and saute till oil is released from sides.
- add methi-mustard powder, turmeric, chilli powder, salt and jaggery.
- saute on low flame till the spices gets cooked well.
- pour the garlic tempering over tomato pickle and mix well.
- finally, serve tomato pickle along with rice, idli or dosa.