Name: Pacha Thakkali Thokku
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: 10 nos Tomatoes (unripe); 5 spoons Chilly powder; 1 spoon Fenugreek (Uluva); 1 spoon Turmeric powder; 1 spoon Mustard seeds; Asafoetida (A small piece, Kayam); Salt (As reqd); Gingelly oil (A small cup)

Pacha Thakkali Thokku

Pacha Thakkali Thokku can be termed a side dish or even a pickle and the dish serves fantastic with its spicy and tangy flavor. Pacha Thakkali Thokku blends perfect with a variety of rice dishes like sambar rice, curd rice, lemon rice and even with dosa/idli. The travel friendly Pacha Thakkali Thokku is unique and special with chopped raw tomatoes blended with spicy ingredients and stir fried in gingelly oil. Raw tomatoes are nutritious, rich in vital nutrients required for body. You can explore a well detailed Pacha Thakkali Thokku here.

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Prep Time 20

Total Time 20

Cuisine Kerala

Servings people

Ingredients

10 nos Tomatoes unripe
5 spoons Chilly powder
1 spoon Fenugreek Uluva
1 spoon Turmeric powder
1 spoon Mustard seeds
Asafoetida A small piece, Kayam
Salt As reqd
Gingelly oil A small cup

Instructions

For preparing Pacha Thakkali Thokku, first wash the raw tomatoes well and cut into small pieces.
Heat up a pan or a kadai.
Fry fenugreek and asafoetida separately.
:- Do not add oil while frying.
Powder the fried fenugreek and asafoetida separately and keep them aside.
Add 1/2 cup of oil in the same pan.
When hot, splutter mustard seeds.
Add chopped tomatoes, salt, chilly powder and turmeric powder and mix well.
:- Do not add water.
When it is half done, add the remaining oil.
Cook, till it is fully done.
Add fenugreek and asafoetida powders and stir well for 2 mins.
Remove from the flame.
:- Pacha Thakkali Thokku can be used as a pickle or as a side dish for chappathis.
:- The quantity of chilly powder can be altered according to individual tastes.

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Pacha Thakkali Thokku