Garlic Pickle
- 50 min
- medium
- Serves 20
Garlic pickle, or poondu thokku: garlic fried in gingelly oil, ground and cooked down with tamarind and jaggery. Medium-spicy, makes 20, 50 minutes, video.
Ingredients
Tamarind1 tbsp
Water1 cup
Gingelly Oil¼ cup
Garlic250 grams
Mustard Seeds1 tsp
Curry leaves2 sprigs
Fenugreek Seed powder0.125 tsp
Asafoetida1 pinch
Red Chilli Powder1 tbsp
Salt¾ tsp
Jaggery2 tsp
Contains: wheat, sesame.
Nutrition
Per 1 person, and for all 20 people. Worked out from the ingredients, so treat it as a close guide.
| Nutrient | Per 1 person | All 20 people |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 52kcal | 1040kcal |
| Protein | 0.9g | 18g |
| Carbohydrate | 5.2g | 104g |
| Fat | 3.3g | 66g |
| Fibre | 0.4g | 8g |
| Sugar | 0.9g | 18g |
Cookd masalas for garlic
Method
Soak the tamarind in a cup of water.
In gingelly oil, fry the garlic until golden brown and set them aside to cool.
Blend to a paste, retain a few whole cloves.
In the same pan, splutter mustard seeds.
Add the curry leaves, fenugreek powder, asafoetida and the garlic paste.
On a low flame cook this mixture until the raw flavour goes.
Add 1 tbsp of chilli powder and the tamarind pulp. Add the whole cloves, too.
Cook until thick and the oil begins floating on the surface, season with salt and jaggery.
Allow the pickle to cool completely before storing it in an airtight container.
Before you start
- How long does Garlic Pickle take?
- 50 minutes from start to finish. That is 20 minutes of preparation and 30 minutes of cooking.
- How many people does Garlic Pickle serve?
- 20. The ingredient quantities on this page rescale if you are cooking for a different number.
- Is Garlic Pickle vegetarian?
- Yes. No meat, no fish and no egg.
- Is Garlic Pickle spicy?
- It is medium: 2 on our scale of 3. Chilli scales gently when you change the servings, so doubling the recipe does not double the heat.
- What do I need to make Garlic Pickle?
- 250 grams Garlic, ¼ cup Gingelly Oil, 1 tbsp Tamarind, 1 tbsp Red Chilli Powder, 2 tsp Jaggery, 1 tsp Mustard Seeds, and a few more listed on this page.
- Do I need a pressure cooker for Garlic Pickle?
- No, it is cooked in an open pot.
- How many calories are in Garlic Pickle?
- About 52 a serving. The full nutrition table is on this page, per serving and for the whole batch.
Tips from other cooks
1 note- K
karoJuly 2022
i have added some small green apple ☺️😋
