Name: Green Apple Pickle (Thokku) recipe by Pavithira Vijay at BetterButter
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 5
Ingredients: 4 big green apples (Bramley variety) approximately 1 kg; 3/4 th cup oil; 1 tbsp mustard seeds; 2 tbsp urad dal; 1 tbsp cumin seeds; 1/2 tsp asafoedita; 1/4 cup kashmiri red chilli powder (heaped); Salt as needed; 1 tsp turmeric powder; 1 and 1/2 tsp fenugreek powder (roasted in few drops of oil and ground to a powder)

ABOUT Green Apple Pickle (Thokku) RECIPE

Bramley Apples cooked into a lip smacking pickle (thokku) in South Indian style.

Ingredients Serving: 5

4 big green apples (Bramley variety) approximately 1 kg
3/4 th cup oil
1 tbsp mustard seeds
2 tbsp urad dal
1 tbsp cumin seeds
1/2 tsp asafoedita
1/4 cup kashmiri red chilli powder (heaped)
Salt as needed
1 tsp turmeric powder
1 and 1/2 tsp fenugreek powder (roasted in few drops of oil and ground to a powder)

Instructions

Wash, peel the apples and chop them into small pieces. In a heavy bottomed (preferably non stick) vessel or pan heat oil and add the mustard seeds and urad dal.
When the mustard crackles and urad dal turns slightly brown, add the cumin seeds and asafoetida.
Now add the chopped green apple and saute them well in oil for 4 - 5 minutes.
Add salt and turmeric powder and keep cooking. As the apple leaves and its juices turn softer, mash them with the back of the ladle.
Add the chilli powder and mix well. Keep cooking in a medium flame for another 8 - 10 minutes till the apple pieces are completely mashed and the raw smell of chilli powder is gone.
Now add the fenugreek powder and give it a mix. Cook for another 3 - 4 minutes till it has a nice thokku consistency.

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