Onion Tomato 🍅 Thokku Recipe | Side Dish for Breakfast | Startup Cooking

ONION TOMATO 🍅 THOKKU | SIDE DISH FOR BREAKFAST | STARTUP COOKING

Onion Tomato 🍅 Thokku recipe is a perfect side dish for Idli, Dosa and Chapathi. This Thokku is little spicy, tangy and simply delicious prepared with basic ingredients from the kitchen. 

This is one of the popular recipe from South Indian kitchen. This thokku is very easy to cook, no need to grind anything and no need any other vegetables other than onion and tomatoes. 

Sesame oil is best choice to make this recipe for better taste and for longer storage. Cook in low flame  to get perfect thokku consistency. Store in refrigerator for 3-4 days, it stays good. Follow my step-by-step photo recipe to prepare Onion Tomato Thokku. If you like this recipe, share it, tweet it and pin it. Please do try and post your comments.

ONION TOMATO THOKKU RECIPE

Coarse       : Side Dish for Breakfast

Cuisine      : South India

Author       : Jayashree Karthik

Prep Time  : 10 min

Cook Time : 20 min

Total Time  : 30 min

INGREDIENTS

• 2 tbsp sesame oil

• 1/4 tsp mustard seeds

• 1/2 tsp urad dal

• 1/4 tsp hing

• 1 spring curry leaves

• 8 garlic - slitted

• 1 large onion - finely chopped

• 3 tomato - chopped

• 1/4 tsp turmeric powder

• 1 tsp kashmiri red chilli powder (optional)

• 1 tsp red chilli powder

• salt to taste

PROCEDURE

• heat oil in a cast iron wok

• add mustard seeds, allow to crackle

• add urad dal, saute well and allow to turn slight brown color

• add hing and curry leaves, allow the leaves to turn crisp

• add sliced garlic, saute well

• add finely chopped onion, saute well till it turn translucent

• add chopped tomato

• saute well

• add turmeric powder, red chili powder, Kashmiri red chilli powder and salt

• mix well

• add 1/2 cup water

• cover and cook in low flame for 15 minutes or until the raw smell of spice powder goes

• once oil separates from the thokku, switch off the flame

• serve with idli, dosa, chapathi and uthappam

• delicious 😋 

Notes

1. store in refrigerator for 2-3 days, stays good
2. add little more extra oil for travel or longer storage
3. Kashmiri red chili powder is totally optional

ONION TOMATO THOKKU WITH STEP-BY-STEP PHOTO RECIPE

heat oil in a cast iron wok

add mustard seeds and allow to crackle, then add urad dal

allow to turn slight brown color

add hing

add curry leaves and allow to turn crisp

add sliced garlic

add finely chopped onion

saute well till it turn translucent

add chopped tomato

saute well until it turn mushy

add turmeric powder, Kashmiri red chili powder, red chilli powder and salt

mix well and cook in low flame for 15 minutes or until the raw smell goes

continue to cook until it turns thick or like thokku consistency

oil starts to separate from thokku

onion tomato thokku ready

serve with idli or dosa or chapathi

store in refrigerator for 3 days, stays good