NALLA NUVVULA ROTI THOKKU
A healthy, vegan and flavorful instant chutney made of black sesame seeds, tamarind, chilies and basic spices.
Servings: 4 people
Ingredients
- ½ cup Black sesame seeds
- 3 Green chilies
- ¼ cup Tamarind
- 2 tbsp Jaggery
- 5 Garlic cloves
- 1 tbsp Coriander seeds
- 1 tsp Cumin seeds
- Salt to taste
- 2 tbsp Vegetable oil
Instructions
- Heat a pan, add oil, once it's hot add cumin seeds, coriander seeds, garlic cloves, slit green chillies, black sesame seeds, tamarind petals and fry until the garlic turns golden brown.
- Add in salt to taste and cook for 2 more minutes.
- Cool the fried stalks and spices and later transfer them to a mortar pestle and pound them by hand or just coarsely grind them in a blender.
- Taste and adjust the salt.Transfer the thokku/chutney to a bowl and serve with rice, flatbreads, or with savory breakfasts.
Notes
- You can add an additional tempering after blending the sesame seeds mixture.
- You can substitute the black sesame seeds with white sesame seeds too.
- This stays good for a day at room temperature and upto a week in refrigerator.
- Although traditionally we use garlic in thokku, you can omit if you want to make a garlic-free recipe and instead use hing/asafoetida in both roasting the veggies and in the tempering.
- Ps., I haven't added any water here while pounding the thokku/chutney, well you can add couple tbsps of water to make thinner chutney/thokku.