Celery thokku

Prep time : 5 mins

Cook time : 15 mins

Total time : 15 mins

Author :Vahchef

Main Ingredient : Celery

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Servings : 0 persons

Published date : November 16, 2016

Ingredients used in Celery thokku

• Turmeric powder - 1/2 teaspoons.

• Mustard - 1 teaspoons.

• Cloves garlic, sliced - 2 numbers.

• Ginger, chopped - 1 piece.

• Chopped coriander leaves - 1/2 cup.

• Fenugreek seeds - 1/2 teaspoons.

• Asafoetida (hing) powder - 1/4 teaspoons.

• Green chillies chopped - 5-7 to taste.

• Celery, stringed and chopped - 5 stricks.

• Salt - 1 !/2tsp to taste.

• Oil - 1/4 cup.

Method:

1. Heat 2 tbsp oil in a wide pan. Add the chopped celery and saute it with the coriander leaves for 7 minutes. Take off the heat and let it cool. 2. Add another tbsp oil in the pan and add the methi (fenugreek) seeds, chopped chillies, ginger and garlic. Cook this for 2-3 minutes, stirring. 3. Grind the cooled celery along with the ginger and garlic mixture, making a smooth paste. 4. Pour the rest of the oil in the pan now, and add the mustard seeds. Once they splutter, add the celery paste. 5. Add salt to taste, turmeric powder and asafoetida powder and mix well. Cook the thokku on a low simmer till the oil leaves the sides of the pan and the mixture cooks down to a thick consistency. 6. Mix the thokku with plain cooked rice, spread it over toast, roll it up in chapaties, use it as a dip.