Tomato Thokku | Thakkali Thokku | How to make Tomato Thokku | Side dish for Idly/Dosa/Chapathi - Naughty Little BEES Kitchen

Whenever I Prepare IDLY for my little-one she always prefers either Tomato Thokku or Tomato Chutney because she is the big fan of Tomatoes. She likes to eat raw tomato also so this is my first choice of side dish whenever I prepare Idly. It was very yummy and very simple dish takes only 15-20 minutes to make

Dish Name:Tomato Thokku     Preparation Time: 15 minutes

Cuisine: South-Indian              Serves:2-3 people

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Ingredients needed

Tomato-4 medium size 

Red chili powder-1 tsp

Turmeric Powder-1/2 tsp

Salt -as needed

To Temper

Sesame oil - 1 tbsp

Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp

Fenugreek Seeds/Methi seeds - 1/4 tsp

Hing - a generous pinch

Curry leaves - few

Preparation

1. Cut the tomatoes roughly and put it in the blender with red chili powder and salt and blend it well to paste without any chunks
   
2. Heat the pan with 1 tbsp of sesame oil, add mustard seeds, methi seeds, curry leaves and hing
   
3. When mustard seeds starts to splutter add Tomato puree to it and allow it to boil in medium flame. Open and stir in between to avoid getting burnt. Reduce the flame to low when you open for stirring
   
4. Allow it to boil well until all the small bubbles goes off. Switch off the flame when oil oozes out
   
5.  Serve it with either idly or dosa. Goes well with even curd rice

Notes

1. If your tomatoes are not sour enough add little tamarind to it when you make tomato puree 
2. I have used Kashmir red chili powder which gave me good red color and less spiciness if you are using normal red chili powder then reduce the quantity of red chili powder according to your taste
3. Use sesame oil for good results. If you don't have sesame oil go with vegetable oil