Tomato pickle made from garden fresh tomatoes (tips for growing from seeds in garden)

I grow tomatoes from the overripe store bought tomatoes, It taste good when we grow them in small grow bags in the garden.

 

Tomato plants are easy to grow and require good care, as it grows long and spreads you should give support for the plant to grow well. A good plant will yield upto half a kilo tomatoes, if looked after well by providing manure and water, sunlight and exposed to rain. It's an asset to your garden. 

I love pickle especially its freshly made with home grown ingredients. sharing with you a simple recipe that I follow.

Tomato pickle made from raw green tomatoes.

Tomato pickle from garden fresh tomatoes. It's a very simple side dish for Roti or rice.

I have used the big green tomatoes. 

Tomato pickle 

Ingredients

Fresh tomatoes 10 

Dry Red chili broken four 

Ginger a small piece

5 green chilies 

Mustard 1 tsp

Methi seeds 1/2 tsp

Chana dal 1/2 tsp

Turmeric 1/2 tsp

Red chilli powder 2 tsp

Salt as required

Jaggery a tablespoon grated

Heeng a 1/4 tsp

Oil two tablespoon

Method 

*Wash and slice tomatoes and ginger.

 *Heat kadai and pour oil, add mustard seeds, methi, chana dal and dry red chilli

. *Let the mustard splutter

.* Add chopped tomatoes, ginger, green chilies, turmeric, heeng,salt and chilli powder. Mix well. 

*Add grated jaggery and cred chill powder. Mix well. Adjust salt.

* Cook in high flame till soft and tomatoes well cooked.

 *Taste delicious with Roti or rice.

Notes

For growing tomatoes at your garden, there are few points to remember 

1.Select good quality overriped tomato for seeds. 

2.Cut the tomato into halves or thin slices, let it sun dry. 

3.Place the dried seeds in a grow bag, filled with cocopeat, soil, vermicompost and néem pellets (this prevents meanly bugs from destroying the plant) 

4. Water should be just enough for the seeds to germinate, you may get a cluster of tiny saplings, after a weeks time select the healthy plant and gently place them in a separate grow bag or pot, I grow one plant in a small sized grow bag. 

5. Once the plant starts growing give it ample support as tomato plants are not sturdy and they need help to grow. 

6. The tiny yellow flowers eventually turn into baby tomatoes, water regularly and if you are in tropical climate you may get abundance of rain. 

7. It takes about 10 days for a tomato to be matured to pluck. 

8. I got about a kilo of fresh green tomatoes from three plants. 

9. They were fresh, juicy and I have used all of them to make pickle. Happy gardening!!