Tomato Pachadi Recipe | Thakkali Thayir Pachadi Recipe
Tomato Pachadi is one of the delicious pachadi variety. Cooked tomatoes are mixed with yogurt, grated coconut-chili paste along with sizzling tempering. Quick and easy to make pachadi and its a best accompaniment for any South Indian main courses like Sambar, Kuzhambu or Rasam varieties. Pachadi is a yogurt based dip served as part of South Indian Thali. Pachadi resembles closely to Raita. Raita is also an yogurt dip but in Pachadi the main uniqueness is the coconut-chili paste which we add it to the yogurt makes the Pachadi even more tastier than Raita. Plain Pachadi is often served with Medhu vada. But the vegetable Pachids’ are usually served with Sambar, rasam varieties.
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Tomato Pachadi Recipe | Thakkali Pachadi Recipe
Equipments Needed
- Sauce Pan
- Mixing Bowl
Ingredients
- 2 Tomato Small Size
- ½ Cup Curd 1 Cup - 250ml
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1 Pinch Turmeric Powder
For Grinding
- ½ Cup Grated Coconut
- ¼ tsp Cumin Seeds
- 2 Green Chili
For Tempering
- 2 tsp Oil
- 1 tsp Mustard seeds
- 1 Red Chili
- Few Curry leaves
Instructions
Cooking Tomato
- Wash and roughly chop tomatoes and take it to a sauce pan. Add turmeric powder and 1/4 cup of water.
- Keep the flame in medium and cook tomatoes for 3-4 mins.
Grinding
- Take the grated coconut, cumin seeds and green chili in a mixer jar.
- Grind it to thick paste by adding 3-4 tbsp. Do not make it to a watery paste. We need thick paste.
Making Pachadi
- In a mixing bowl, add curd and beat well.
- Add the ground coconut spice paste and stir well with curd.
- Next, add salt and cooked tomato mixture. Give a good mix.
Tempering
- Heat oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds and allow it to sputter. Add red chili, curry leaves and give a mix.
- Add tempering to the prepared pachadi and give a mix.
Serving
- Relish the pachadi with Sambar, Rasam or any South Indian Main Course!
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INSTRUCTIONS WITH STEP BY STEP PICTURES:
COOKING TOMATO
- Wash and roughly chop tomatoes and take it to a sauce pan. Add turmeric powder and 1/4 cup of water.
- Keep the flame in medium and cook tomatoes for 3-4 mins.
GRINDING
- Take the grated coconut, cumin seeds and green chili in a mixer jar.
- Grind it to thick paste by adding 3-4 tbsp. Do not make it to a watery paste. We need thick paste.
MAKING PACHADI
- In a mixing bowl, add curd and beat well.
- Add the ground coconut spice paste and stir well with curd.
- Next, add salt and cooked tomato mixture. Give a good mix.
TEMPERING
- Heat oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds and allow it to sputter. Next, Add red chili, curry leaves and give a mix.
- Add tempering to the prepared pachadi and give a mix.
SERVING
- Relish the pachadi with Sambar, Rasam or any South Indian Main Course!