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Tomato Pickle-Sun Dried Tomato Pickle

March 31, 2011 by PadhuSankar 47 Comments

Now that summer has started, I am on a vathal, pickle making spree. This sun-dried tomato pickle tastes great and will leave your taste buds asking for more. It can be used as a spread for bread, side dish for chapati, paratha, dosa, idly, adai, upma, curd rice, all stuffed parathas and can also be used as a dip. It can be had, mixed with plain hot rice topped with a tsp of ghee or sesame seed oil. All you need is papads or chips to go along with it. It stays fresh for a month in the refrigerator if handled properly. This versatile tomato pickle comes handy when we are pressed for time. Use ripe and fresh Bangalore tomatoes for making this pickle.It is advisable to use fresh ingredients for making pickles as it not only tastes good but also stays fresh for a longer period. Today let us learn how to make Sun Dried Tomato Pickle following this easy recipe.

Tomato Pickle

How to make Tomato Pickle

Tomato Pickle


Tomato Pickle

 Prep Time : 10 mins

 Cook Time : 20 mins
 Yields: 1 Cup
 Recipe Category: Pickle
 Recipe Cuisine: South Indian

   Ingredients needed

   Tomatoes – 1/2 kg /500 grams
   Crystal salt – 15 grams
   Turmeric Powder – a pinch
   Chilli Powder – 4-4 1/2 tsp
   Fenugreek Powder -1/2 tsp
   Tamarind – 15 grams
   Crushed garlic -1-2 cloves (optional)

  For the seasoning

   Mustard -1 tsp
   Hing/Asafoetida -1/2 tsp
   Sesame seed oil -1/3 cup

Preparation


Fenugreek Powder – Dry roast fenugreek seeds in a pan and powder it. Keep it aside.

Wash and wipe tomatoes dry.

Cut it into 8 pieces, add turmeric powder, salt, tamarind and leave it overnight.

Next day


Take the tomato pieces separately with a slotted ladle and dry the tomato pieces and the tamarind separately in the sun for 6-7 hours.

After that, grind the sun dried tomatoes and the tamarind together in a blender without adding water. Keep it aside.

Method


Heat oil in a kadai, add mustard seeds, asafoetida, crushed garlic (if you are adding), when mustard splutters, add the ground sun dried tomatoes + tamarind paste.

Saute for a few seconds, add chilli powder and fry on medium flame until oil separates.

Add fenugreek powder, mix well and switch off the flame.

After it cools, store it in a sterilized glass bottle and refrigerate it.

Sun dried tomato pickle

Points to be noted

I strongly advise you to use sesame seed oil/gingelly oil for all pickles in general.

Adjust salt and chilli powder to suit your taste. Use of crystal salt is advisable.

In case the weather turns you down and you could not dry the tomatoes well in the sun, then don’t worry- follow the rest of the procedure without drying the tomatoes, the pickle will taste good but will not be as tasty and delicious as the sun dried tomato pickle.

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Comments

  1. Deepa Praveen

    March 31, 2011 at 11:00 am

    yummy pickle..so nice

    Reply
  2. Priya Sreeram

    March 31, 2011 at 11:31 am

    o my i loved the crabs u made from tomatoes — they look so sweet n nice recipe !

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  3. Priya

    March 31, 2011 at 12:20 pm

    Slurp,mouthwatering pickle,those tomato crabs looks soo sweet..

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  4. Premalatha Aravindhan

    March 31, 2011 at 1:11 pm

    yummy pickle dear,love the crab:)

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  5. S.Menaga

    March 31, 2011 at 2:02 pm

    slurrp..mouthwatering pickle…

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  6. Suja Sugathan

    March 31, 2011 at 2:21 pm

    Wow! make me drool,yummy pickle.

    Reply
  7. Suman Singh

    March 31, 2011 at 2:42 pm

    mouth watering pickle..looks so tempting n yummy…

    Reply
  8. Sonia (Nasi Lemak Lover)

    March 31, 2011 at 3:06 pm

    Look mouth watering and good.

    Reply
  9. Ila

    March 31, 2011 at 3:13 pm

    yummy and drooling pickle ..
    Nice presentation 🙂

    Reply
  10. Rani acharyulu

    March 31, 2011 at 3:22 pm

    Yummy pickle looks tempting.Crab carving is so nice.

    Reply
  11. Kalpana Sareesh

    March 31, 2011 at 5:17 pm

    yummy pickle love it..

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  12. Vidhya

    March 31, 2011 at 5:27 pm

    Yummy pickle and cute little crabies.

    Reply
  13. Santosh Bangar

    March 31, 2011 at 5:31 pm

    mouthwatering pickle

    Reply
  14. JishasKItchen

    March 31, 2011 at 6:29 pm

    superb pickle..!!..looks delicious and an interesting recipe too !!

    Reply
  15. Amritha Kalyani

    March 31, 2011 at 6:43 pm

    pickle looks so tempting. love it with curd rice, roti…

    Reply
  16. Swathi

    March 31, 2011 at 7:03 pm

    Sun dried tomato pickle looks dleicious. cute tomato crabs.

    Reply
  17. Reshmi Mahesh

    March 31, 2011 at 7:09 pm

    Yummy and delicious pickle…

    Reply
  18. Hema Mahen

    March 31, 2011 at 7:20 pm

    yummy pickle…

    Reply
  19. SravsCulinaryConcepts

    April 1, 2011 at 12:58 am

    Loved the crabs that u made out of tomato !!! very pretty !! pickle looks very inviting and delicious !!

    Reply
  20. Satya Chaitanya

    April 1, 2011 at 1:44 am

    very yummy and delicious …. pickle …i also make it the same way…..i add mustard powder … and fenugreek powder …lovely prsentation … the crabs are very cute
    http://www.rajafood.blogspot.com

    Reply
  21. Saras

    April 1, 2011 at 3:53 am

    tangy pickle..Love your crab presntation

    Reply
  22. Nisha

    April 1, 2011 at 6:11 am

    Wow this type of tomato picke is new to me

    Reply
  23. Deepti

    April 1, 2011 at 6:16 am

    wow…….Tempting Pickle…Should try out soon

    http://www.panchamrutham.blogspot.com/

    Reply
  24. Sushma Mallya

    April 1, 2011 at 8:23 am

    V tangy and nice pickle, loved those tomato crabs u have done it so beautifully!

    Reply
  25. Zareena

    April 1, 2011 at 10:17 am

    Wow mouthwatering pickle. It looks like the crabs are ready to attack and eat the pickle..:)

    Reply
  26. Prathima Rao

    April 1, 2011 at 12:30 pm

    Mouthwatering pickle!! I have an award waiting for u in my blog..Do collect it 😉
    Prathima rao
    Prats Corner

    Reply
  27. Sensible Vegetarian

    April 1, 2011 at 1:28 pm

    Very yummy pickle and the carving looks so cute.

    Reply
  28. HGourmet Foodie

    April 1, 2011 at 2:30 pm

    oh..my!!!I can see myself munching my dosa with this delicious tomato pickle.. I like those two cute crabs 🙂

    Reply
  29. R

    April 1, 2011 at 4:52 pm

    bet the cute crabs can't wait sample the pickle just like me :))

    Reply
  30. Yummy Team

    April 1, 2011 at 4:55 pm

    Cute presentation, Padhu..Love this chutney with idli/dosa..

    Reply
  31. Nandini

    April 2, 2011 at 11:01 am

    Mouthwatering pickle! Beautiful crabs:)

    Reply
  32. madhavi

    February 7, 2014 at 11:43 am

    Hi Padma, thanks for the receipe. I tried this. However, my tomatoes and tamrind is too dry.. When i grind its a powder consistence not a paste

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      February 7, 2014 at 12:11 pm

      How is that possible? The tomatoes will have water content and it will ooze out more water after adding salt. Probably you have dried it too much. Next time, try to reduce your drying time and buy juicy ripe tomatoes.

      Reply
  33. Kritika

    May 4, 2014 at 12:54 pm

    Hi padhu..I tried this recipe with a small variation.. I had I added roasted soaf to it..its taste good..but the paste color is little blackish..how did u got the red color as in the picture.also my paste is too tight

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      May 5, 2014 at 8:54 am

      You might have used old tamarind.

      Reply
    • Kritika

      May 6, 2014 at 4:52 am

      Which tamarind to use? The sweet one or the sour one? I used the sour one..freshly bought from the market..I made the paste along with entire dried tamarind, removing the seeds of tamarind

      Reply
  34. harini s

    September 1, 2015 at 1:55 pm

    hi padhu,
    tamarind paste or the dry one can i use….how long can i dry the tomatoes

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      September 2, 2015 at 8:20 am

      Dry ones. You can dry for 1 or 2 days.

      Reply
    • harini s

      September 2, 2015 at 9:17 am

      ok……will do….your recipes are really good…

      Reply
  35. Ranjini Anand

    February 4, 2016 at 3:25 pm

    Wat type of tomatoes to be used and also should just soak tamarind with tomatoes.pls reply padhu.hands off to your innovative tomato crab…..

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      February 5, 2016 at 7:45 am

      Use Bangalore tomatoes which are juicy and ripe. Yes, you can soak the tamarind with the tomatoes. Thanks for liking the crab. If you cannot get Bangalore tomatoes, you can use regular ripe and juicy tomatoes.In that case, reduce the tamarind a little.

      Reply
  36. A Traveller

    June 21, 2017 at 2:11 pm

    Hi Padhu,
    Thanks for this recipe! One question I have is, do we grind the juice that is left in the pot where it soaked overnight, along with the sundried tamarind and tomato?

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      June 22, 2017 at 6:13 am

      First take the tomatoes and grind it and then add the juice that is left over in the pot and grind it. Avoid using your hands as much as possible.

      Reply
    • A Traveller

      June 29, 2017 at 9:23 pm

      Thank you so much. First batch was a total winner, so onto the second batch!

      Reply
  37. Dhana Lakshmi

    September 28, 2017 at 11:15 am

    I want to try it for d first time.For how many days the pickle will last.

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      September 29, 2017 at 7:29 am

      It stays good for 20-25 days in the refrigerator. Do not use wet spoon. Avoid taking the whole bottle out from the fridge everyday. Take what you need that day in a small cup. If you follow all these, it easily stays good for 20-25 days.

      Reply
  38. Unknown

    February 12, 2019 at 5:16 am

    Hello, I kept the tomatoes and tamarind soaked overnight…. And found a white layer on top of the batch… Is it okay to continue with the sun drying procedure… Or I should discard the batch ?

    Reply

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