Ingredients

• 4 - tomatoes
• Tamarind, a small piece
• 1 tsp - salt
• 1 tsp - red chilli powder
• For seasoning:
• 1 tsp - mustard seeds
• Asafoetida, a pinch
• Oil for frying

How to Make Tomato thokku

• Add the tomatoes in boiled water and cover with a lid. After 1 hour take out the tomatoes and peel the skin.
• Grind the tomatoes along with red chilli powder, salt, tamarind in a mixer to a fine paste.
• Heat oil in a pan, and add mustard seeds once the oil is hot.
• When the mustard seeds start to crackle, add the ground paste and fry over a low flame.
• When the mixture thickens and starts separating from the oil, remove from the flame.
• Tomato thokku is ready to be served with hot chapattis or curd rice.