ORANGE THOKKU

ORANGE THOKKU AS SIDE DISH TO CHAPPATHI, POORI, DOSAI  AND  CURD RICE

                                                   

Sweet orange                        4
Green chilli                            2
Tamarind paste                     1 tsp
Turmeric powder                  1 tsp
Jaggary powder                    1 tbsn
Salt to taste
Oil                                       2 tsp
Mustard seeds                     1 tsp

1. You can make this thokku in 2 ways, one with the skin of the oranges and another without the skin.
2. Thokku with the skin will have a slight bitter taste but that is a welcome taste as it will take away the acidic property of the oranges.
3. The procedure is the same for both.
4. Wash the oranges well and cut them into 8 pieces, removing the seeds.
5. Keep the pieces in a vessel with a proper lid and cook them in the pressure cooker just like rice, but with water in the cooker and without water in the vessel with the orange pieces.
6. Allow it to get cooked till 4 or 5 whistles.
7. After cooling it, grind it with salt,chilli, tamarind paste and turmeric powder into somewhat coarse chutney.
8. Keep a non stick kadai on stove, season mustard in oil and pour the ground thokku or chutney in it.
9. Add the jaggary powder and allow it to boil well for a full 10 minutes.
10. Allow it to cool and add the raw juice of another orange to this thokku, mix well and preserve it in an airtight container.
11. This thokku will have a bitter taste because of the skin of the orange and anything bitter is good for sugar patients.
12. For thokku without bitter taste, peel off the skin of the oranges  and cook the fruit alone.
13. The rest of the procedure is the same.