Tomato Thokku / Pickle

Ingredients:

• Tomato - 3 Large Size
• Garlic Cloves -2
• Oil - 2 tbsp
• Red Chilies - 4 or Chilli powder - 1 tsp( As Spice required)
• Turmeric powder - a pinch
• Salt as required

Preparation:

Bring water to boil. Put the tomatoes,red chilies Garlic in boiling water and simmer it for few minutes , switch off the flame( if chilli powder don't add now).

Remove the skin. After it cools, put it in a blender and puree it.

Method :

1. Heat oil in a kadai , add mustard seeds . When mustard splutters, add tomato puree,turmeric powder and salt required.
2. Cook covered in medium flame, stirring in between, till the mixture oozes out oil.
3. Store it in a bottle or container and refrigerate it. Always use dry spoon to take the thokku.
4. Goes with doas ,idily, rice,chappati etc,.....

Note:
 You use red chillies instead of chilli powder to give more taste.

Use ripe and juicy tomatoes for preparing this thokku.