Tomato Pickle

TOMATO PICKLE 

Ingredients:

tomato - 1 kg (ripe, washed, wiped, cubed)

red chilli powder - 200 gms

tamarind - 200 gms

mustard - 75 gms

methi seeds - 50gms

gingelly oil - 1/2 lt

garlic - 1 cup (peeled)

curry leaves - 1/4 cup

Method:

- add the tomatoes in a dry pan and allow that to cook until they are well cooked and smashed

- do not add water or any other ingredient, just allow only the  tomatoes to cook

- mean while dry roast methi and grind to a fine powder

- set aside 2 tsp of mustard seperately and add dry roast the red of the mustard and grind to a fine powder

- add salt and tamrind to the tomatoes and fry

- meanwhile grind the garlic for one whisk in a mixie jar

- do  not make it to a paste

- boil oil in a seperate pan

- add mustard seeds, curry leaves

- when mustard splutter add the ground garlic and fry 

- meanwhile add the red chili powder, ground methi and mustard powder to the tomato mixture and mix well

- to it add the tempered oil

- mix well

allow that to cook in slow flame for 10 mins

- in between just keep mixing well

- when the oil settles on the oil remove from fire.

- allow that to cool overnight and bottle them