I am not sure what language thokku is in, most likely Telugu, but it refers to any fresh herb/vegetable pounded/ground to a paste with salt, tamarind and jaggery, and reduced in sesame oil. The key ingredients are tamarind, jaggery, and sesame oil. This recipe makes a thokku out of fresh green chilies and is dynamite!
| Prep Time | 15 mins |
| Cook Time | 30 mins |
| Servings |
small jar
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Ingredients
- 2 cups fresh green chilies washed, stems removed, and dried
- 2 tbsp Salt
- 1/2 tsp Hing
- 1 small lemon sized tamarind
- 2 tbsp jaggery
- 1/2 tsp roasted fenugreek powder dry roast methi, and powder
- 1/4-1/2 cup sesame oil
- 1 tsp Mustard seeds
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Instructions
- Blend green chilies salt, jaggery, tamarind (paste or extract) into a fine paste
- Heat oil, when hot add mustard seeds and let them pop, add hing, then the paste
- cook on low to medium heat until the oil separates, and the thokku has reduced considerably
- Turn heat off, let cool. Enjoy with dosai, idli, rotis, pooris, or rice
Recipe Notes
This is certainly not for the faint of heart. A little bit goes a long way! Tastes wonderful with dal rice, plain rice with ghee, yogurt rice, idli/dosai/poori/rotis!
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