Tomato Pickle

Tomato Pickle

I learnt this pickle from my Granny..its easy and tastes amazing

Ingredients:

Tomato  1kg ,

Tamarind  1/4 kg, 

Red chilly powder 1/4 kg (Adjust to taste)

Salt 1/4 kg (Adjust to taste)

Garlic 100 gm

Turmeric  powder 25 gm

Fried Mustard seeds Powder 100 gm

Fried fenugreek powder 25gm

For Tampering:
Oil  1/4th kg
Mustard Seeds 1 TSP
Urad Dal 1 TBS
Hing 1/4th TSP
Dry red chilly pieces-6 pcs
Garlic Cloves -3-4

Method:

1. Cut tomatoes into four pieces- mix tamarind, salt and turmeric powder with the pieces and marinate them for 1 day.
2.  Squeeze out all the juice and separate tomatoes from the mixture and dry them in sun for 2 days.
3. Mix the Juice with Dried Tomato Pieces,Red Chilly Powder, Fried Mustard  Seeds Powder,Fried Fenugeek powder and Garlic  
4. Take all the oil in a pan,once the oil is hot enough add mustard seeds let them sputter then add Urad Dal, Red chilly pieces, Hing and Garlic cloves.
5. Mix this oil with the pre mixed pieces and powder
6. Eat it with hot rice and appadam..YUmmmmmm

Note: -If living in not so sunshine plenty area you can substitute with sun-dried tomatoes and squeezed tamarind juice mixed with salt and turmeric powder.