Onion Thokku is a sweet & salt divinely tasty pickle made by grinding onion & garlic and tempering it with spices. Onion Thokku is a great side for idli, dosa and rice meal and could be made in minutes. Onion Thokku Recipe is presented in this post with step by step pictures & video.
Onion Thokku is a spicy sidedish for idli,dosa,chapathi, rice etc.This vengaya thokku recipe was shared by mittus friend and I tried it out few months back and it turned out super good.
It is a must to use gingelly oil for this recipe as it gives a great flavour and also balances the spice level.I tried it the same way as my friend told but you can reduce chillies a bit as I felt it was too spicy.
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Onion Thokku | Vengaya Thokku
Ingredients
- 1 cup small onion
- 2 nos garlic
- 1/2 teaspoon tamarind
- 6 nos red chillies
- 3 tablespoon gingelly oil
- salt to taste
To temper:
- 1 teaspoon gingelly oil
- 1/4 teaspoon mustard seeds
- few nos curry leaves
- a tiny pinch hing
Instructions
- To a mixer jar - add small onion, garlic, tamarind.
- Add red chillies and salt to it.
- Grind it a paste without adding water. Set aside.
- Heat gingelly oil in a kadai - add onion paste to it.
- Saute till it thickens and raw smell leaves.
- Keep sauteing in low flame for atleast 10 mins , it will come together without sticking much and the color changes to a darker shade. This is the correct stage to switch off.
- Heat oil in a tadka pan add mustard seeds let it splutter, then add curry leaves and a pinch of hing. Though this tadka is optional I prefer doing it.
- Transfer tadka to thokku. Mix well and serve.
- Keeps well for 3 days in room temperature and for about 10 days in fridge. Vengaya Thokku ready!
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How to make Onion Thokku
- To a mixer jar – add small onion,garlic,tamarind.
- Add red chillies and salt to it.
- Grind it a paste without adding water.Set aside.Heat gingelly oil in a kadai – add onion paste to it.
- Saute till it thickens and raw smell leaves.Keep sauteing in low flame for atleast 10 mins , it will come together without sticking much and the color changes to a darker shade.This is the correct stage to switch off.
- Though this tadka is optional I prefer doing it.Heat oil in a tadka pan add mustard seeds let it splutter, then add curry leaves and a pinch of hing.Transfer tadka to thokku.Mix well and serve.
Keeps well for 3 days in room temperature and for about 10 days in fridge.
This small onion thokku serves as a great sidedish for idli,dosa, curd rice etc.
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