Tomato Pickle

This is a recipe I found on Indianfood About.com.(http://indianfood.about.com/od/picklesandpreserves/r/andhratomato.htm)It comes out well, I have made slight variation while making it as follows. It is supposed to be made hot as it is mixed with hot rice and ghee and consumed.

Ingredients:

* 1 kg firm red tomatoes washed and cubed
* 6 tbsps sesame oil (you can substitute this with vegetable refined oil)
* 2 lime sized lumps of tamarind
(remove seeds and soak in a little hot water to soften)
* 8-10 green chillies (adjust these to your taste if this amount
is too/less hot for you)and 2 tsp redchilli powder
* 2 tsps fenugreek seeds
* 2 tsps cumin seeds
* 2 tsps mustard seeds
* 1/2 tsp asafoetida
* Salt to taste

Preparation:

In a deep pan, heat 3 tbsps of sesame oil and add tomatoes. Fry until they
are soft and then mash roughly.Grind the tamarind,red chilli powder and green chillies into a paste and add to the mashed tomato paste.
In another pan heat 3 tbsps of sesame oil and add the mustard seeds.
When they splutter add the fenugreek seeds and fry. Now add the asafoetida and remove from the fire.Pour this hot mix onto the tomato-tamarind-green chilli paste and mix well.
Allow to cool and store in a glass bottle in the refrigerator.Use only dry spoon.Eat with plain hot rice with fresh hot ghee or chapati/dosas or as an accompaniment with other dishes.

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Raw Jackfruit Palya/Kadgi Upkari

Ingredients:
Raw Jackfruit pealed and cubed : 2 cups
Fresh Coconut scrapings : 2 Tbsps
Salt : To taste
Seasoning:
Refined oil : 2 tsp
Mustard : 1 tsp
Asafoetida/Hingu : 1 pinch
Urad dhal : 1 tsp
Chana dhal : 1 tsp
Curry leaves/Karbev : few

Method:
Cook the kadgi/raw jackfruit pieces in very little water in cooker. When cool slightly crush with a spoon. Sprinkle salt and mix well.
Keep a thick wok (kadai)on lit stove and pour the oil. Add mustard seeds and when it splutters add the dhals.Fry till dhals turn golden brown, now add the karbev,coconut scrapings and hing.Saute for a while and add the cooked kadgi/raw jackfruit to the seasoning and mix well.Cover and cook on sim fire turning now and then.When the curry is fairly dry turn the stove off.Serve as side dish with South Indian meal

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