Tomato Thokku

This tomato thokku goes well with Curd Rice. It can also be served with Idli, Dosa and Chapathi. This thokku stays good for weeks without refrigeration. 

  • Idli

    Difficulty: Medium

    A very common Tamilian breakfast dish that is served with chutney/sambar/milagai podi

  • Dosai

    Difficulty: Medium

    The classic breakfast dish made with parboiled rice and dhal. It is served with Chutney and Sambar

Tomato Thokku

3.0 from 1 vote
Recipe by S Kamala Course: PickleCuisine: Indian, TamilDifficulty: Medium
Servings

10

servings
Prep time

5

minutes
Cooking time

40

minutes

This tomato thokku goes well with Curd Rice. It can also be served with Idli, Dosa and Chapathi. This thokku stays good for weeks without refrigeration. 

Ingredients

  • Tomato (medium size) – 4 Nos

  • Tamarind – A gooseberry size

  • Red Chilli Powder – 1 and 1/2 teaspoon

  • Fenugreek – 1 teaspoon

  • Fresh ginger – 1” length

  • Gingelly oil – 5 tablespoon

  • Mustard – 1 teaspoon

  • Asafoetida Powder – 1/4 teaspoon

  • Jaggery powdered – 1 teaspoon (Optional)

  • Salt – 1 teaspoon or as per taste

Directions

  • Soak tamarind in a little hot water.
  • Add 4 to 5 cups water in a vessel and bring to boil.
  • When it starts boiling, add the tomatoes and close with lid. Cook for three minutes. Switch the stove off.
  • Gently take out the tomatoes and remove the skin. Allow to cool. Put these skinned tomatoes along with soaked tamarind in a mixie and make a fine paste. Keep aside.
  • Grind the ginger to a fine paste.
  • In a small kadai put the fenugreek seeds and dry fry till it turn golden brown. Cool it and powder it finely.
  • In a kadai pour the oil and when it is hot, add mustard. When it crackles, add asafoetida powder.
  • Add ginger paste and fry for a while.
  • Then add the tomato paste along with red chilli powder and salt. Stir well.
  • Add jaggery powder. Cook in low flame stirring now and then till it become thick and oil starts oozing out.
  • Add fenugreek powder and mix well. Remove from stove and store it in a clean jar.

16 Comments

  1. tempting thokku….i love it with anything…

  2. wow very tempting thokku,luks yummy…

  3. I will try immediately!

  4. chandrasekar

    mam can i down load your receipies ?

  5. iam surekha jandhyala ,,i tried tomato thoku it has come out well..thanks for the receipe.

  6. jamunaperiasami

    very easy to follow this receipie. thank you mam.

  7. Srividhya sundar

    Hello Madam. Very nice recipe. It will be very helpful if you share the recipe for kathirikai urugai(Alreay tasted the same from Aachi Masala, but very spicy). I got 2 kgs of Brinjal. Please help.

  8. Srividhya sundar

    Thank you so much. Yesterday I made brinjal kara kuzhambu of yours.It was very tasty even with curd rice. Awaiting for your urugai recipe.

  9. please give the receipe for PULI MILAKAI which is generously cooked in the south brahmins family. please

  10. Hi Kamala! What’s the unite used for the quantity of ginger please :)? 1″ = 1 cm? Thank you!

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