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CIlantro Thokku

Cilantro Thokku Recipe

Detailed video recipe for making Cilantro thokku
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 1 cup

Ingredients
  

  • 2 big bunch of coriander leaves wash and keep it ready. use the stem if it is tender
  • in big lemon size tamarind you can soak water
  • ¼ tsp hing / asafetida for gluten free option use GLUTEN FREE Asafetida/ hing
  • ¾ to 1 cup water
  • 1 to 2 tsp Jaggery optional

Seasoning:

  • 3 to 4 tbsp oil
  • ½ tsp mustard seeds
  • 2 to 12 gram tsp split black/ urad dal
  • 8 red chillies more or less

Instructions
 

  • Wash the coriander leaves and cut the washed coriander leaves,
  • Heat little oil in pan on medium low heat and fry urad dal/uddina bele and red chillies until the dal turns golden brown. turn off the heat and transfer it to the mixer jar
  • powder the dal and red chilli
  • and then add cut coriander leaves along with salt, tamarind, jaggery, and enough water to make it a fine paste

To make the thokku:

  • Heat the oil in a thick bottom pan, once hot add hing, add mustard seeds, once it pops add the kottambari paste.
  • Fry it until all the water evaporates and oil leaves the mix. keep it on medium high heat, stir it continuously.
  • Once the water evaporated, oil leaves the mix. Turn off the heat and once it is cooled completely store it in a glass bottle.
  • You can eat this with rice and coconut oil or ghee, best for travel as well.