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Tomato Niluva pachhadi
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Ingrediants :
- 1 kgTomatoes
- 1/2 kg oil
- 1/4 cup salt
- 2 tsp turmeric
- 2 cups Redchillie powder
- 5 red chillies
- 50gms tamarind
- 2 tsps mustard
- Fenugreek seeds-2 tsps
- few curry leaves for seasoning
Process :
- Wash the tomatoes and clean them with a neat dry cloth.
- Cut them into little pieces and place them in a bowl.
- Add the salt and turmeric.Mix the contents thoroughly.
- Seperate the seeds from the tamarind and add it to the mixture.
- Place it in the sun.Place the juice which gets seperated from the drying up mixture in a seperate clean bowl.Dry the tomatoes frequently stirring it for 4-5 days.U can mix the juice extract back to the tomatoes in small quantities each day its getting dried.
- When the tomatoes get dried,add the redchillie powder.
- Fry the fenugreek seeds till u smell its aroma.cool them and powder.Add it to the tomatoes. 8.Grind the tomatoes to a rough paste.
- In a fry pan heat the oil and do away the seasoning with mustard,red chilles and cury leaves.Turn off the flame and allow it to cool.
- Once the oil gets completely cooled add the grinded paste to it.
- Store it in a clean and dry air-tight jar.This will last atleast for a year.
12.Tastes absolutely great with plain hobt rice,chapathis,puris etc.
Prepared by Leela Krishna.
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