Thakkali sweet pachadi is mom’s signature dish and amma makes it quite often during our childhood days. It is a very easy recipe and with few ingredients. If you have attended any Tamil Brahmin weddings, next to payasam and thayir pachadi, this sweet pachadi will be served. Instead of this, we make fruit pachadi or sweet kosumalli too. I am not a big fan of this thakkali jam, as we call it, but later after marriage started liking it. Though I have posted this in Jeyashri’s Kitchen many years back, recently I made this pachadi for an ayush homam function of a friend’s daughter here. I felt sweet pachadi was missing from the menu and so made it as a surprise to the host. It was a super hit among all our friends. Since everyone asked for the recipe I thought I will make it again and update this post with a full video. Even while making for the festival I thought I will take a video but since it was the bulk quantity I know it would be time-consuming and so didn’t attempt to do it. You can use nattu thakkali and bangolore thakkali in equal quantitates for making this Sweet pachadi. Also check out my
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Thakkali sweet pachadi
In a heavy-bottomed pan add the finely chopped tomatoes.Add the sugar and ¼ cup water to this.Mix well and let this cook for 40 minutes.Initially keep the flame in medium.After 10 minutes keep it low and cook.Keep stirring in between.
After 15 minutes the mixture will be watery.Keep stirring.After 30 minutes the mixture will become slightly thick and the tomatoes will be mushy.We should cook it till it becomes glossy and the watery texture is gone.
After 35 minutes, add the cardamom powder and cook for 5 minutes.Switch off the flame.
In a pan add ghee and add the cashew nuts.Once it is half roasted, add the raisins and chopped dates.Saute in medium-low flame till the cashew nuts become golden brown.
Turn off the stove and transfer this to the tomato sweet pachadi.Mix well.
Thakkali sweet pachadi is ready.
Notes:
If you get naatu thakkali and Bangalore tomatoes, take them in equal quantity and make this pachadi.Tomato sweet pachadi | Kalyana thakkali pachadi stays good for 10 days in the refrigerator.
Deepa Hamaree Rasoi Good to have you back! looks yummy, I have had this in marriages and always used to wonder how it’s made. Your recipe looks so simple. Will surely try this weekend.
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