Green Apple Thokku

Ingredients                                        

Green apples	4
Methi seeds	1 tspn
Mustard seeds	1 ½ tspn
Ingu	½ tspn
Red Chillies	3-4 or as per your taste
Salt	As per taste
Oil	50 ml

Method

1. Wash, peel and grate the apples and keep aside.
2. Dry roast methi seeds, red chillies and 1 tspn mustard seeds until they are golden brown. Powder it when it is cooled (if you have pickle masala powder you can use it instead).
3. Heat about 40 ml of oil in a heavy-bottom pan and add grated apples and fry for few minutes. It will leave water, but don’t worry! Cook on a medium flame, stirring occasionally. Make sure it does not get burnt or stuck to the pan.
4. When the water has evaporated and the mixture starts to become thick, add the powders and salt. Keep frying until the oil leaves the side of the pan and becomes thick.  Make sure it is not watery; this has to be thick and chutney-like consistency.
5. Heat oil and add mustard seeds. When it splutters, add ingu and pour this over the fried thokku.
6. When it is completely cooled, store it in a dry container and keep it in the fridge. This will last at least 1-2 weeks if kept only in the fridge.

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