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puli milagai thokku

spicy tangy green chilli thokku
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Ingredients

  • Green chilli - 20 80 grams
  • Tamarind - big gooseberry size 20 grams
  • Salt - as per taste
  • Asafetida powder/hing - a generous pinch
  • Jaggery - 2 tbsp
  • Fenugreek powder - 1/8 tsp
  • Mustard - 1/4 tsp
  • Sesame oil - 4 tablespoon

Instructions

  • Soak tamarind in little hot water ( enough to soak) for 20 minutes
  • Add 1 tablespoon of oil and saute the green chili for 2 minutes or till the color changes
  • Furthermore, add tamarind pulp and salt; give a quick mix and cool
  • After it is cool grind into a fine paste
  • Add 2 tablespoon of oil to the pan, when the oil is hot add mustard seeds and let them splutter
  • Furthermore, add hing and give a quick mix
  • Add the ground green chilli tamarind paste and sauteĀ  in medium flame for 30 seconds
  • Add 1 cup of water and salt if required and cook
  • Stir well in between and cook till the thokku turns thick and reduce to half the quantity
  • Add jaggery and cook till the thokku comes together and oil starts oozing out
  • Finally, add fenugreek powder and give a quick mix
  • Cook for 30 seconds and turn off the stove. After the thokku is completely cool store it in an airtight container. Thokku tastes best with curd semiya / curd rice

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Notes

  1. Instead of grinding green chilli you can also finely chop them
  2. Add jaggery according to your tase
  3. Thokku is going to be extremely spicy,  if you are pregnant or breastfeeding avoid this thokku
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