Soak onions in plain water and peel them after 20 minutes. It will be easier to peel and will be less irritating to eyes
Grind the onions to paste by adding 1/4 cup of water. Don’t add more water
Heat 1 tbsp oil first in a frying pan
Add mustard seeds, curry leaves. Let it splutter
Add onion paste, salt,chilli powder
Let it boil for 10 minutes
Add tamarind water and dont discard the tamarind.Mash it with your hand or you can pulse it in mixie and add it to the thokku
Mix everything well and reduce the flame to low
Add 2 tbsp of Oil, jaggery powder and let the thokku boil for 10-12 minutes
Give it a taste and see if you need more spice or salt
If you find the thokku slightly bitter add extra tamarind paste, a pinch of chilli powder and jaggery powder
Everything will come together and you can see the consistency changing
Add remaining oil, give it a mix and turn off the stove
Let it sit for 10-15 minutes.. Be it thokku or pulikachal my paati says “oora oora thaan nanna irukkum” means the more time it is untouched it tastes better. Generally Southindian Thokkus/Pickles taste better the next day 😋😋
Delicious onion thokku is ready to be served with Idli,Dosai or Chapathi..
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