Sep 23, 2004 11:50 AM
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(Updated Sep 23, 2004 11:57 AM)
Life was getting very monotonous. There was no charm in anything. I was shuttling from office to home to office everyday of the week and in the weekends a little bit of socializing. The dullness had increased to an extent that I had lost interest in eating. Me being a variety freak especially in my eating habits, did not relish food. I had to identify the reason of this. And one fine day it struck me that I had not entered the kitchen for a long time and had not tried my hands on any interesting dish. The only thing that I could think of making is Tomato Pickle as it is one of my favourite pickles and I had not had it for quite some time now. And this was precisely the reason why I did not enjoy food.
On my way back home on a Friday evening, I went to the vegetable store and picked up 2kgs of tomatoes so that I could make the long desired tomato pickle in the weekend. My taste buds had grown so damn strong for this pickle, by now. And anyways I enjoy cooking, so it was not at all a problem.
I could not think of a better topic to write on MS. This way I would be doing a great favour to mankind. This recipe would be a lifesaver for all those who have to undergo the torture of having boring so called nutritious food, which tastes awful. This pickle enhances the taste of anything you have it with.
First and foremost, I would give you the recipe of this pickle in Sanjeev Kapoor Stylec.. well leme tell you beforehand that I am not very good in explaining the recipecc.but thought of giving it a try.
Ingredients required:
1 kg Tomato (finely chopped)
4 Tbsp Sesame oil
1 tsp Rai
1 tsp Methi Powder
Half tsp of Asefoetide
2 tbsp Salt
2 tbsp Chilli powder
1 cooking pan (Kadai)
1 cooking spoon (karchi)
1 gas
1 cylinder
Firstly, put on the gas and place the Kadai on it. Add 2 Tbsp of Sesame oil and add Rai. When the oil is hot and Rai starts bursting, add the finely chopped tomatoes. After few minutes, add Methi powder, Asefoetida, salt , chilli powder. Now close the kadai with a lid and let the cooking happen and you go and watch TV or read a book. But donft forget to keep checking time and again. You will have to stir it every 10 minutes.
After say 15 mins of cooking, add another spoon of Sesame Oil. Stir again. Now if you wish to, you can take a small spoon and taste it. After all you got to check if all the ingredients are gSwaadaanusarh. And now that you have tasted it once, you will keep repeating this process every time you come for stirring the pickle. This is an automatic phenomenan. You can try it to believe it.
When it shrinks down to a thick paste, you can put off the gas and store it in a box. And after you remove the pickle from the cooking pan, you would see some crispy portion of the pickle in the pan. Take a spoon to scrap it off and eat it. This is the yummiest part. And if you donft have it, then it would be a national wastage.
Now I would like to share the dishes with which you can relish tomato pickle.
Actually you can relish it with anything and everything. If you are undergoing the torture of not getting good food, you should definitely have a stock of this pickle, as this would make anything taste better. You can have it with:
Bread
Puri
Dosa
Curd rice
Lauki ki Sabji (Cause if you are not fond of lauki ki sabji, then you can balance out the taste with this pickle)
Plain rice
Potato Wafers
Bhujiya
Matri( Namkeen)
Roti
Tepla
Kaakda (Dry roticc..a gujju dish)
Or just like thatc.. cause you will anyways love itcc
Hope you enjoy this recipecc..I would like to know your experience with this mouth watering dish. And I am very sure that those who are reading this review would be imagining the look of this dish and their mouth would be wateringcc.
Ya and for those who are not aware, I would like to share that cooking is a very good way of fighting out depression and monotony. I donft know if people who have to cook daily would agree with this or notc.but it has helped me many a timescc.try it outc.
Chao
