After reading many articles about this wonderful fruit and its benefits, now I have become a fan of it. Many Indian bloggers have wonderful recipes using Cranberries. Try reading about Cranberries here and get their full benefits. This is my way of making Cranberry Thokku.
Ingredients :
One 12 oz packet of Cranberries ( I bought the OceanSpray brand )
2 tsp. Salt
2 tsp. Red Chilli powder
1 tbsp. Jaggery ( optional )
1/4 cup Gingelly oil ( or any other oil one prefers )
1/2 tsp. Turmeric powder
To be roasted :
1/4 tsp. Fenugreek seeds ( methi daana )
a small lump of asafoetida / 1 tsp. asafoetida powder.
Method :
1. In a kadai or pan dry roast fenugreek seeds till they start popping and turning into a reddish colour on a medium low heat. Remove and let cool. In the same kadai either dry roast the asafoetida lump or fry in a little oil till it puffs up. ( If you dont have asafoetida lump, one can use powdered asafoetida which need not be roasted or fried ). Powder in a mixie the roasted fenugreek seeds, asafoetida lump and turmeric powder together and keep aside.
While the seeds are cooling, wash and grind the cranberries into a coarse paste without adding any water.
2. Heat the 1/4 cup of oil in a kadai, splutter mustard seeds in it, add the ground cranberries, salt, chilli powder and keep on stirring continuously till you find that all the oil is absorbed and the specs of oil oozes out from the sides.
3. At this stage add the jaggery and the ground powder and mix well and stir for another minute and remove from heat.
After cooling, store in an airtight container in the fridge upto a month or two.
I couldn't resist having this thokku for everything, even on bread it tastes yummy.
This recipe goes to Sireesha's Pickles & Chutneys Event
Krishnaarpanam
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2 comments:
beautiful colour..would love to taste it..
Yummy thokku./ Do visit my blog http://shanthisthaligai.blogspot.com/ when time permits
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