Onion Tomato Thokku
| Servings | Prep Time |
| 4people | 5minutes |
| Cook Time |
| 25minutes |
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Ingredients
- 2 Onions
- 4 Tomatoes
- 1 small green chilli
- 2tbsp sesame oil
- 1/2tsp Mustard Seeds
- 1/2tsp urad dal
- 1/2tsp Channa Dal
- 1/2tsp Hing
- 1/2tbsp Red Chilli Powderyou can also add sambar powder instead
- 1/2tsp turmeric
- 1/2tablespoon salt
- 1tsp Sugar or Jaggery
- Few Curry leaves
Instructions
- Heat oil in a frying pan
- Add mustard seeds, urad dal and channa dal
- Saute for a minute. Add curry leaves and slit green chilli
- Add finely chopped onion, tomato, salt, turmeric,hing and chilli powder
- Keep sauteing in medium flame until you see onions slighty change color
- Sprinkle very little water and let it get cooked
- Once every 5 minutes give it a mix and make sure the Thokku doesn’t get stuck in the bottom the pan
- Within 12-15 minutes you can see onions and tomatoes reduced in size, they might have soaked up all the flavours
- Add sugar or jaggery at this stage
- Adjust salt and serve thokku as a side dish to Idli/Dosai/Paratha/Chapathi etc
Recipe Notes
On toast
Different ways of using Thokku 🙂
Side dish for Methi Roti
Thokku in Pita Bread