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Cranberry Indian Recipe, Cranberry Indian style pickle, Cranberry Indian Style recipe, Cranberry Thokku, easy thokku recipe
I wanted to make this thokku last year itself but missed it. Cranberries are easily found during Thanksgiving season. When I went to Walmart before Thanksgiving this year, I got a pack of cranberries for $1.68. Last year this time I was pregnant and had urinary infection, which is very common during pregnancy. Cranberry helps a lot in reducing UTI. I used to make juice with apple. But it was too bitter and I gave up fresh cranberries lol. So I used to make dry fruits bar/energy bar with dried cranberries. This year again I got so tempted by seeing the price. Finally made this thokku. It is way better than juice, so you can try it โบ
This is not my own recipe, adapted from here. I have never found these beauties in India.
Ingredients:
Cranberries: 2 cups
Turmeric powder: 1/4 teaspoon
Red chili powder: 2 teaspoon (adjust according to your taste)
Salt : 1 teaspoon
Oil: 2 tablespoons
Tamarind juice: 2 tablespoons
Method:
- Wash cranberries and set aside.
- Heat oil in a large pan. When hot add the cranberries. It would start popping, just be careful.
- When they bubble up and get cooked. Add turmeric powder, red chili powder, salt and give it a nice mix.
- After 2 to 3 mins, add tamarind juice and mix well.
- Let it cook and oil gets separated on the edges of the pan.
- Now stop and cool. Store in a mason jar in refrigerator for 2 weeks.
It goes well with idli, dosa, chappathi and with rice.
Optionally you can make tadka with little oil, mustard seeds, urad dal, asafoetida, curry leaves. I didn’t want to add more oil, so didn’t do this step.
yumm.. look at that vibrant color. I did apple thokku this week yet to post it.
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You should have posted it by now lol. Thanks Sri ๐
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Lovely malar.
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Lovely color of the thokku Malar ๐ Forget fresh cranberries, I dont even find dried cranberries here in India.
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Me too CH, but these days I am hearing dried ones are available.hmm…
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Loved the colour, Malar! Fresh Cranberries can now be spotted in Mumbai. Dried are always available
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Never knew about it Aruna…Just got to know from my sister that she found dried ones in a bazzar in Chennai.
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That looks far more interesting to me than our typical cranberry sauce ๐
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Thanks Elaine ๐
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Reblogged this on Heba vs Reason.
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Delish!
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Thanks Garima ๐
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I love cranberry thooku.. I add tomato for tangy taste love the version with tamarind
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Thanks Vidya ๐
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Vibrant and mouth watering one…
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Great idea Malar to make thokku using cranberries. I am avoiding tomatoes now and cranberry thokku sounds good. I think I will skip the tamarind too.
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