Tomatoes Pickle

Good news to all tomato lovers around the world, is tomato is one of that fruit which is available around the year. Needless to tell you, we prefer to make its pickles every time we eat rice and dal regardless of season. When it comes to choice of tomatoes I would like to suggest you to go for tomatoes that are of smaller in size, make sure it is bigger than cherry tomatoes. Pickle taste a lot better, if; tomatoes are smaller. The superior taste of pickle makes us feel tomatoes from colloer area are much better in its flavour than the tomatoes from hotter part of the country.  

Nepali, be they here in Nepal or any part of the world loves tomatoes pickle. Everyone has their own way to give it a unique taste that makes it their own recipe. When it will be ready, you will fall in love with the tasty mix of juice of the picke than the ingredients of it.   

Ingredients :

Tomatoes : 300 grams

Fresh green chili   : four to five nos

Red chili powder  : one teaspoon

Garlic : 5 nos

Ginger : one small piece

Salt : as per taste

Turmeric powder : 1/3 teaspoon

Mustard Powder : one and one half of teaspoon

Sunflower Oil : 2 tablespoon

How to convert the ingredients into pickle ?

• Clean tomatoes and cut each one into six to eight pieces.  
• Peel garlic and then chop it finely.
• Clean and chop ginger also.
• Cut three of the fresh chili in two or three places only. 
• Chop one or two of the fresh chili in small round shape.
• Put all the chopped tomatoes, chili, ginger, garlic and and salt, in one big and clean bowl. 
• Add mustard powder, turmeric also in the mixed ingredients.
• Put two tablespoon of oil in the bowl.
• Fill a clean and dry bottle with the mixed ingredients.
• Keep the bottle under sun for four to five days and it will be ready to eat in sixth day.

Now your pickle will be ready in two days only!

Note : Keep the bottle in the fridge that way you can use it for couple of months once its ready to consume.   

This recipe is shared by Suchita Joshi. She is a mother of a girl and a food lover and as she says cooking is her favorite time pass. Like my many other contributors in this site, she too, belongs to a Newar community, who are recognized for their culinary skill; as they have found the secret art to tease the taste buds of gourmet. Its been more than a decade that she is living in Canada with her husband and a child. Her husband not coming from the same community, and yet in the food industry, I hope she brings unique taste to the table.