Onion pickle / onion pickle recipe / how to make onion pickle / onion thokku / pickle / shallots pickle / vengaya oorukai

Ingredients

1 cup finely chopped small onion / shallots
 1/4 cup tamarind water  - thick pulp ( soaked in hot water and extract juice from tamarind)
1/4 cup red chillie powder
1/4 cup gingelly oil
1 tbsp jaggery powder(optional)
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
Salt to taste.

Heat oil in a pan add onions and saute well.
Add turmeric powder, red chillie powder and salt, saute for a minute.
Add tamarind water, jaggery mix and cook well until it
reaches a thokku consistency.
Cool it completely, then store it.
We can use this pickle up to a month, if you store it in fridge.
Goes well with hot rice / idly /dosa.