Sunday, June 15, 2014

Tomato Pickle | Tomato Avakaya

For this week theme on BM we are "Pickling". I decided on making 3 Andhra style pickles for this week.Enjoy the dishes & don't miss the update. Check out the Blogging Marathon page for the other Blogging Marathoners doing BM# 41.

Pickles are a comforting dish in our house. When I'm not in a mood of cooking I depend on pickles, combined with simple dal along with yogurt. I get few pickles from India & some temporary one's like this dish when in need. This particular pickle is a sun dried version & super tempting too. 
Tomato Pickle is a saver for busy days. I always make sure that I have a box of it in my refrigerator ready to go. There are many ways of making this pickle & here I'm sharing the recipe of my mom. This version has both the methi powder & mustard powder in it. The flavor is tempting with the spice mix added in it.  
Prep Time-2Days | Serves-3people
Ingredients 
6Red tomatoes 
1Tbs + 1Tsp salt
1Tbs + 1Tsp chili powder
1Tbs + 1Tsp mustard powder
1Tbs + 1Tsp methi powder
Seasoning 
3Tbs oil 
1Tsp mustard seeds
1Tsp chana dal
1Tsp urad dal
4Red chili's 
Few curry leaves
1/2Tsp hing {Asafetida}
Directions
- Clean tomatoes with water & pat them dry with a dry towel. Leaves on counter for 1hr. 
- Chop tomatoes to small pieces. 
- In a bowl add tomatoes, salt, chili powder, mustard powder & methi powder. Mix them well & cover up with a lid. 
- Allow it to sit for 24hrs on counter. 
- On a plate layout the tomato pieces along with the oozed juice. 
- Sun dry it for 2 days, until tomatoes are little dried. 
- Heat pan with oil. To that add chana dal, urad dal, red chili's & mustard seeds to it. 
- Once the mustard starts jumping add curry leaves & hing to pan. 
- Switch off heat & add it to pickle. Mix it well.
- Adjust salt & chili powder if needed. 
- Serve with rice & a dollop of ghee.
Note
- Don't over dry tomatoes. 
- Chop tomatoes in to small bits. 
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12 comments:

  1. Tomato pickle was my all time favourite from Andhra style pickle, soo tempting.

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  2. Delicious and lovely looking pickle. Wonderfully prepared.
    Deepa

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  3. looks yumm, never made one, would love to try

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  4. Yumm, yumm, tomato pickle looks AMAZING. Love the color.

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  5. Actually it was to be from different states...anyway..enjoyed your pickle series, each picture was sinful to tempt us and this tomato pickle no less..very lovely picture...

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  6. interesting blend of spices make this so delicious

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  7. Lovely pickle! Can have this any time!

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  8. Tomato pickle is one pickle I always bring back from India. Though the one my mom makes is not the dry one. The red color of the pickle is very inviting!

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  9. Wow tamota pickle i just love it...
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