My father was grown up in ananthapur district in AP,India. My grandma is an expert in preparing spicy and delicious thooku varieties. This thokku is one of her speciality & can be preserved for a week in refrigerator. During my pregnancy days, this was a treat to my tongue. It taste delicious!!!
Ingredients :
- 3 medium sized onions
- Garlic - 10 pods
- Tamarind - lemon sized
- 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tsp mustard seeds
- 1 tsp chilly powder
- 1/2 Fenugreek seed(Methi seeds)
- 1 tbsp curry leaves
- Oil - 3 tbsp
- Salt to taste
Directions :
- Soak the tamarind in the water & extract its pulp.
- Heat oil in the pan, fry onion & garlic till it becomes transparent. Grind them coarsely & keep aside.
- Roast & grind the mustard & methi seeds.
- Heat oil in a heavy bottomed pan, add curry leaves, tamarind pulp, onion paste & spice powder.
- Add turmeric powder,chilly powder & salt to taste. Cook until it becomes thick.
Taste great with rice. Enjoy!
4 comments :
looks delicious! Goes well with chapatis too!
i will try this..i love tangy and hot foods..
I always like thokku as I'm a pickle-lover. Plus the thokku looks quite a new recipe to me.
we prepared the tamarind thokku as per your guidlines yesterday. It was very delicious and lingering taste. we enjoyed well. Thanks for your tips
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