Onion- Tomato thokku for Neer Dosai

This simple Onion-Tomato thokku serves as one of the best dishes for Neer Dosai.  You can prepare this thokku very easily too. The recipe follows..

Ingredients:

Big Onion                 - 1
Tomato                     - 1
Green Chili               - 1
Ginger-Garlic paste  - 1 tbsp
Salt                            - As required
Turmeric Powder      - a pinch
Chili Powder             - 1/4 tsp
Oil                             - 1 tbsp
Mustard seeds           - 1/4 tsp
Curry leaves              - few

Procedure:

• Chop Big onion , Green chili and tomato finely.
•  Heat oil in a pan. When its hot add mustard seeds and curry leaves.
• When they splutter, add finely chopped onions and green chili.
• After the onions turn translucent, add Ginger-garlic paste.
• Saute till raw flavor goes off and after that add chopped tomatoes.
• Add also salt, Turmeric powder and Chili powder. Cover with a lid and cook till both onions and tomatoes are cooked well together.Enjoy your spicy onion- tomato thokku.

Garlic Chutney

This is the spiciest chutney which goes well with Idli , Uthapam And Dhokla. The recipe follows..

Recipe For : 2

Preparation Time : 15 minutes

Ingredients:

Garlic Pods        - 1/4 cup

Red Chili           - 3

Urad Dal            - 1 tsp

Tamarind           - 1 tsp

Salt                    - As required

Oil                     - 1 tsp

Procedure:

• Heat oil in a pan. Add Urad Dal and Red chili to it,
• When they turn golden brown add Garlic pods. Saute till its cooked.
• After its cooked, Switch off the flame and add Tamarind. After it is cooled down, grind everything along with salt.
• Enjoy your spicy chutney!!

Tamarind Thokku

Weekend is over.. What for lunch tomorrow?? It would usually be a variety rice at our home for Monday lunch.  Today's recipe is one of the perfect side dishes for variety rice.  They used to prepare this in our college as a side dish for variety rice. Any RMKians remember this???

Here is the recipe..

Recipe For : 2

Preparation Time : 15 minutes

Ingredients:

Big Onion              - 1 

Tamarind               - a lemon size ball

Salt                        - As required

Turmeric Powder  - 1/4 tsp

Oil                         - 1 tbsp

To Dry Roast and Grind:

Dry Red Chili       - 2

Coriander Seeds   - 1 tsp

Cumin Seeds        - 1/2 tsp

Procedure:

• Dry Roast and Grind everything under ' To Dry Roast And Grind'. Chop Big Onion finely. Extract tamarind juice from Tamarind. 
• Heat oil in a pan. When the oil is hot add chopped onions.
• Cover the pan with a lid and cook. Add salt and turmeric powder in between. 
• When the onions are completely cooked add Tamarind extract.
• Add also the ground powder. Cook in low flame till the thokku gets thickened. 
• Switch off the flame and serve the thokku with variety rice . From my personal experience it tastes so good with Curd rice.

Capsicum Tamarind Thokku

Capsicum Tamarind Thokku

This is usually called as  Kuda Milagai kulambu or Kuda Milagai Thokku. This goes very well with curd rice. It will stay edible for some days if proper care is taken of. So you can prepare ahead of time and store it in fridge.

Ingredients:

Small onions          - 200gm

Capsicum               - 200gm

Green Chillies        - 2

Tamarind                - A lemon size

Salt                         - As required

Turmeric Powder   - A pinch

Oil                          - As requied.

Procedure:

1. Soak Tamarind in water and take extract out of it.
2. Heat oil in a pan, Add onions, Saute it till it become translucent.
3. Add Green chillies and capsicum.
4. Add salt and turmeric powder
5. Once capsicum is half done, add tamarind extract.
6. Receipe is ready when the oil leaves on the sides of pan.

Quick Tips:

1. Instead of capsicum, you can repeat the above using just Green chillies.
2. You can also replace small onion with big onion.
3. You needn't add more oil, .more oil was added then just to keep the thokku stay good for some more time. Now keeping in fridge will work.. So Using little oil is very fine.
4. Adjust the spice according to your taste
5. I have added more turmeric powder, since my husband doesn't like that black colour. Use yours accordingly.