Tomato Pickle

Tomatoes are available around the year and that is a good news to all tomato lovers. No wonder, we prefer to eat its pickles every time we eat rice and dal regardless of time. When it comes to choice of tomatoes I would like to suggest you to take tomatoes that are of small size but surely bigger than cherry tomatoes. I am talking about tomatoes which are grown in Panchkhal or in Kavre area rather than other part of the city. Because pickle taste a lot better, if; tomatoes are from that side of the country. The taste of pickle makes us feel tomatoes are of superior in its taste than the tomatoes from hotter part of the country.

Ingredients :

Tomatoes : 200 grams

Fresh chili   : three four nos

Garlic : 3 nos

Onion : one medium size

Salt : as per taste

Turmeric powder : 1/3 teaspoon

Fenugreek seeds : half teaspoon

Sunflower Oil : 2 tablespoon

How to convert the ingredients into pickle ?

• Clean tomatoes and cut each one in our pieces.  
• Peel garlic and then chop it finely.
• Chop onion also finely.
• Cut the fresh chili in small round shape.
• Put a karai over gas and Gas on.

• Put oil on it. When it's hot enough then  add fenugreek seeds.
• When the color of fenugreek seeds turns black then put garlic.
• Stir it until its color turns into golden brown.
• Add turmeric on it.
• Then add chopped onion on it. And stir only for two minutes.
• Then add chopped tomatoes, chopped chili and salt.
• Stir it to mix everything well and then put the lid on the karai.
• Let it simmer in low heat gas for about five minutes.
• Gas off, and let it cool before you serve.

Now your pickle is ready !

You can serve this pickle hot or cold, choice is yours. You can eat it with hot rice or cold bread again choice is yours.