Short term Tomato Pickle

Ingredients:

1) Tomatoes – 1kg
2) Oil – 1 cup
3) Thick tamarind juice – ½ cup or 100 gms
4) Mustard seeds – 1tsp
5) Cumin seeds – 1tsp
6) Fenugreek (methi) &Cumin seeds powder – 1 ½ tsp
7) Curry leaves – few
8) Rock salt – 2tsp
9) Ginger garlic paste – 3 tsp
10) Red chilli powder – 1 cup (adjust according to spice level)
11) Turmeric powder – ½ tsp
12) Red chillies – 4 or 5
13) Salt to taste or ½ cup

Method of preparation:


 Chop the tomatoes. Take tomatoes into bowl and add 2 tsp of rock salt & mix it well.
 After mixing, put all tomatoes in wide tray & keep it outside to dry 5 to 6 hrs before preparing the pickle.
 Heat oil in a pan, add mustard & cumin seeds.
 Add ginger garlic paste, red chillies, turmeric powder & curry leaves.
 Fry the above all till the chillies & curry leaves turns crisp.
 Then add tomato pieces & stir till the tomatoes half cook.
 Add tamarind juice & keep stirring, followed by red chilli powder & salt.
 Cook the mixture till the tomatoes cooked well & add fenugreek & cumin seeds powder.
 When it is done, remove from heat & keep it aside.
 When the mixture is warm, then put in a glass jar for storage and store it in fridge.

It’s great with hot steaming white rice.