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Tomato Thokku (Thakkali Thokku)

Homemade South Indian Style Pickle!

Posted on Jan 28th, 2016
by Sowmya Venkatachalam
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4.75 from 4 votes
Tomato Thokku (Thakkali Thokku) is a delicious Home made Pickle variety. Tomato Thokku can be served as a side dish for Curd Rice, Idli, Dosa, Roti. A travel friendly recipe too.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes
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Whenever there is a tomato season when tomatoes are available in abundant and cheap in the market, the first thing which comes to my mind is to make a Tomato Thokku. It is so easy to make and can be used as a spread, as a side dish and as a pickle. I love this with curd rice (moor sadham). It also goes very well with Idly/Dosa as a chutney. If cooked properly then we can use it for atleast 10 days.

This is a travel friendly dish too. Whenever I go for travel I make chapati and tomato thokku and I feel at home with homemade tomato thokku. Tomato Thokku goes well with Dosa, Chapati, Curd Rice and also with just simple plain rice. We can store this tomato thokku in an air-tight container and refrigerate it and also whenever we plan to do tomato rice, we just season and saute the onions and then add this yummy tomato thokku and prepare instant tomato rice.

You can also try:

1. Tomato Rice with Thokku
2. Tomato Dosa | Thakkali Dosa
3. Tomato Chutney
4. Tomato Sago Papad
5. Tomato Masala Curry

Tomato Thokku (Thakkali Thokku)
Tomato Thokku (Thakkali Thokku)

 


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Tomato Thokku (Thakkali Thokku)

Course: Pickles
Cuisine: Indian, South Indian
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 45 minutes
Total Time: 55 minutes
Servings: 500 gms
Calories: 70kcal
Author: Sowmya Venkatachalam
Tomato Thokku (Thakkali Thokku) is a delicious Home made Pickle variety. Tomato Thokku can be served as a side dish for Curd Rice, Idli, Dosa, Roti. A travel friendly recipe too.
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Ingredients

  • 1 Kg Tomato
  • Tamarind 1 gooseberry size
  • 1 tbsp Red Chili Powder
  • 1 tsp Turmeric Powder
  • 1 tbsp Grated Jaggery
  • 1/2 tsp Fenugreek Powder
  • Salt to taste

Instructions

  • Wash and pat dry the tomatoes and chop it to roughly small pieces. I used to make tomato thokku with the skin. When cooked the tomato skins will be visible. If you prefer to have a very nice paste of tomato thokku, then we should remove the tomato skin. To remove the tomato skin, add tomatoes to boiling water and cover it with a lid and then after 5 minutes, take out the tomatoes and peel the skin. In this recipe below, i cooked the tomato with skin.
  • Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds. When the mustards seeds starts to sputter, add curry leaves and saute it in low flame for half a minute.
  • Add chopped tomatoes to the pan along with turmeric powder, salt and red chilli powder and keep in medium flame to cook the tomatoes.
  • While the tomatoes start to cook, we get lots of juice from tomatoes and we need to keep the flame in medium and allow the full juice to get evaporated and the tomatoes to be cooked completely and becomes mushy like thokku. Add thick extract of tamarind and stir the mixture occasionally so that the thokku doesn’t get stuck to the bottom of the pan and also to make sure it is not burnt. Cook the thokku till the oil starts oozing out from the mixture and there is absolutely no juice. Usually it takes about 30 minutes for the complete tomato water to evaporate. 
  • Finally add grated jaggery and fenugreek powder(Dry roast the fenugreek seeds and grind it to a nice powder in a mixer)  and let the thokku cook for another couple of more minutes and remove from flame. 
  • Cool the thokku and add it to the air-tight container and store it in refrigerator and enjoy the thokku. Tomato Thokku goes well with Dosa, Chapati, Curd Rice and also even with hot steaming rice.

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Notes

1.If the tomatoes are ripe and tangy, we can ignore tamarind. On the other hand if the tomatoes are not tangy, adjust the tamarind to get the tangy taste.
 
2. Sambar Powder will also give a nice flavor. We can reduce red chili powder and add sambar powder also 
 
3. If you don’t have a Fenugreek Powder readily available, then you can dry fry a tablespoon of Fenugreek and powder them using the Mixer.
 
4. Store the thokku in air-tight container and refrigerate to have longer shelf life. Also always use dry spoon to serve!

Nutritional Info

Nutrition Facts
Tomato Thokku (Thakkali Thokku)
Amount Per Serving (2 tbsp)
Calories 70 Calories from Fat 45
% Daily Value*
Fat 5g8%
Carbohydrates 4g1%
Protein 1g2%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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Method with Step by Step Pictures:

  • Wash and pat dry the tomatoes and chop it to roughly small pieces. I used to make tomato thokku with the skin. When cooked the tomato skins will be visible. If you prefer to have a very nice paste of tomato thokku, then we should remove the tomato skin. To remove the tomato skin, add tomatoes to boiling water and cover it with a lid and then after 5 minutes, take out the tomatoes and peel the skin. In this recipe below, i cooked the tomato with skin.
  • Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds. When the mustards seeds starts to sputter, add curry leaves and saute it in low flame for half a minute.
  • Add chopped tomatoes to the pan along with turmeric powder, salt and red chilli powder and keep in medium flame to cook the tomatoes.
  • While the tomatoes start to cook, we get lots of juice from tomatoes and we need to keep the flame in medium and allow the full juice to get evaporated and the tomatoes to be cooked completely and becomes mushy like thokku. Add thick extract of tamarind and stir the mixture occasionally so that the thokku doesn’t get stuck to the bottom of the pan and also to make sure it is not burnt. Cook the thokku till the oil starts oozing out from the mixture and there is absolutely no juice. Usually it takes about 30 minutes for the complete tomato water to evaporate. Finally add grated jaggery and fenugreek powder(Dry roast the fenugreek seeds and grind it to a nice powder in a mixer)  and let the thokku cook for another couple of more minutes and remove from flame.
  • Cool the thokku and add it to the air-tight container and store it in refrigerator and enjoy the thokku. Tomato Thokku goes well with Dosa, Chapati, Curd Rice and also even with hot steaming rice.
Tomato Thokku (Thakkali Thokku)
Tomato Thokku (Thakkali Thokku)
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27 Comments Hide Comments

Anonymous says:
January 27, 2012 at 4:14 pm

Hi Mami,

How long can the tomato pickles be preserved with refrigeration?

Latika

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Subbalakshmi Renganathan says:
January 28, 2012 at 1:27 pm

Hi Latika, You can use only upto 6-7 days.

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Anonymous says:
February 1, 2012 at 6:13 am

Hi Mami,

How do we get the tomato pickles in the market round the year? Do they use any preservatives?

How to make a pickle that will stay longer like a few months?

Latika

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Subbalakshmi Renganathan says:
February 1, 2012 at 3:25 pm

Hi Latika, I use the fresh tomato and make smaller quantities and try to consume them within a week.
Tomato is available in all seasons in india. I don't use preservatives for the pickle.

But Mango & Lemon pickles last for more days. You can check the Pickles section in the site for those recipes.

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Vg says:
June 23, 2014 at 4:06 am

When do we need to add the fenugreek powder and jaggery? I do not find them in steps

Thx

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subbuskitchen says:
June 23, 2014 at 6:06 am

Hi Vg, It should be added in the very last step.. I have updated the Recipe. Thanks for letting me know the miss.

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indira says:
June 23, 2014 at 5:02 am

When do we add fenugreek powder and jaggery ?

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subbuskitchen says:
June 23, 2014 at 6:08 am

Hi Indira, It should be added in the very last step.. I have updated the Recipe. Thanks for letting me know the miss.

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malar selvam says:
June 8, 2015 at 2:27 am

Simple n suer thokku

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Chitkala says:
June 23, 2014 at 5:05 am

Hi mami
Where do we add the fenugreek powder to the thokku?

chitkala

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subbuskitchen says:
June 23, 2014 at 6:08 am

Hi Chitkala, It should be added in the very last step.. I have updated the Recipe. Thanks for letting me know the miss.

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Jayanti Raju says:
June 24, 2014 at 3:41 pm

Hello mami,
I made tomato thokku yesterday. It was a super duper hit. Thanks a lot mami for the wonderful recipe.

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Anonymous says:
June 27, 2014 at 8:55 am

methi should be fried??

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Shobha Varma says:
June 28, 2014 at 6:08 am

ThanQ…..that was very tasty……. 🙂

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Anonymous says:
August 9, 2014 at 1:53 am

What is the measurement for the turmeric powder? It states "1", 1 what, please, teaspoon, tablespoon? Thanks for your awesome recipes.

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subbuskitchen says:
August 9, 2014 at 10:00 am

Hi,thanks for letting me know. I have corrected the ingredients table :-).

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Raja Lakshmi says:
October 5, 2014 at 1:38 pm

Hello maami, Can you pls post recipe for pachai milagu oorugai? Thanks. 🙂

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Raja Lakshmi says:
October 6, 2014 at 1:58 am

Hello maami, can you pls post recipefo pachai milagu oorugai? thanks.

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Anonymous says:
October 10, 2014 at 6:24 am

Super

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Dermology Anti Aging Cream says:
June 20, 2015 at 6:13 am

Yummy! (o) Thanks

Xtreme No

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Anders Svenson says:
March 16, 2016 at 9:53 am

I am so hungry this time, so I am going to cook this recipe for myself. Thanks dear for sharing it.

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Anonymous says:
November 10, 2016 at 2:23 pm

Can we add garlic along vth tomato

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subbuskitchen says:
November 12, 2016 at 8:54 pm

Yes you can add garlic along with tomato

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A says:
March 16, 2019 at 8:43 am

Such a simple recipe with such a tasty result. I was literally eating just the thokku by the spoonful 😃. Thank you for the great recipe!

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Sowmya Venkatachalam says:
March 16, 2019 at 6:53 pm

Thanks for the feedback

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Divya says:
May 13, 2020 at 8:56 pm

5 stars
Can we grind tomato and use that?

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Sowmya Venkatachalam says:
May 14, 2020 at 2:49 am

yes we can grind and use tomato

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