Tomato Pickle

It is almost a culture here in Nepal to make and eat tomato pickles. It is a part of our food making it a national pickle. Now, a days tomatoes are available around the year so we can eat it any time of the season. It's easy and fast to make It can be converted into pickles very easily and time required is almost ten minutes. 

I would like to recommend you to use tomatoes that are from Panchkhal or Kavre area tomatoes which grows the best tomatoes in the country looks like the picture in the above. Tomato pickles are tasty if its the smaller size or grown in cooler areas compared to big size which are grown in hotter places. Here  are the ingredients to make tomato pickle.

Ingredients  

Tomatoes : 4 - 6 medium size

Hot green chili : 2

Salt : 1/2  teaspoon

Sesame seed : 2 teaspoon of 
Timur : four piece only

Garlic clove : 1-2

How to convert it into a tasty pickles ?

• Roast tomatoes, chilies and garlic on a pre heat pan and shake the pan constantly, roll the tomatoes so that its skin gets golden brown from all sides after rolling on hot pan.
• When it's done, gas off and let it cool for a minutes.
• Roast sesame seeds on a dry pan.  Put it into the grinder and grind it finely.
• Peel the skin of tomatoes and put everything in the mixture.
• Grind it for a minutes only.

Now, your pickles is ready.

Note : You can also add green coriander or mint, as per your liking on the mixture and then grind it.