Nellikai tambli ( Gooseberry tambli)

Ingredients :

Nellikai/gooseberry/amla ( fresh or frozen ) -  2-3nos
Grated coconut - 2-3 tbs
Pepper - 5-6 nos
Ghee - 1tsp
Buttermilk - 1/2cup

For tempering :
Oil/ghee - 1tbs
Mustard - 1tsp
Majjige menasu( balaka) / red chili - 1no
Asafoetida - a pinch

1. Wash the berries and deseed them.
2. Fry pepper with little ghee.
3. Grind berries, fried pepper and coconut to a fine paste.
4. Mix it with well whisked buttermilk and add salt to taste.
5.  Add tempering to this and enjoy it with rice.

Prepare the tempering :
In a small pan heat the oil. Once the oil is hot, add mustard seeds. After mustard seeds splutter, add   ' majjige menasu '  which is cut into 2-3 pcs. Now add asafoetida .

Food - Instant Tomato Thokku

Tomato thokku is a very simple and delicious South Indian delight that comes in very handy when we don’t have time to cook.
It is a perfect side dish for any kind of food, a delicious addition to your daily cooking.

Ingredients

5-6 Big fresh tomatoes
2 tbsp oil
5 medium sized green chilles (or adjust to taste)
a few curry leaves
1 tsp mustard seeds
few pinches asafoetida powder, hing
1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
salt to taste

Method 

Wash the tomatoes and pulverize in the blender along with green chilies.

Heat oil in a pan. Add asafoetida and mustard seeds. When the seeds crackle, add the ground tomato. Add the salt and turmeric powder. Cook on a slow flame, stirring every so often, till the mixture thickens. The oil will start to seperate out from the tomato paste and the mixture will begin to resemble a pickle/jam consistency. Add the chilli powder, switch off the stove and leave to cool.