Takkali Salad is a salad made with tomatoes, onions and green chillies. The Kerala style salad is topped with coconut oil.
Takkali is tomato in Malayalam, and this is one word I learnt while we took a trip to the backwaters in Kerala. The Takkali salad is nothing but a very simple salad, in fact so simple that I was hesitant to post. The salad is a mix of tomatoes, onions, which are our basic salad ingredients, but the pounded green chilly, the torn curry leaves and a final drizzle of coconut oil take the salad to a different level. The salad can be served with any meal, though nothing like serving it with some rice, Curry and Thoran.
Takkali Salad is my Day 3 post under the theme Summer Salads where I posted Koshimbir, Udupi style and Anarkali Salad.
Takkali Salad
Ingredients
4 medium tomatoes, chopped
5-6 pearl onions, chopped
1-2 green chillies, pounded
Few curry leaves, roughly torn
Salt to taste
2 tsp coconut oil
Method
Combine all the ingredients except coconut oil. Keep covered for 15 – 20 minutes for the flavours to infuse.
Add coconut oil before serving and mix well.
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Takkali Salad
Ingredients
- 4 medium tomatoes chopped
- 5-6 pearl onions chopped
- 1-2 green chillies pounded
- leaves Few curry roughly torn
- Salt to taste
- 2 tsp coconut oil
Instructions
- Combine all the ingredients except coconut oil. Keep covered for 15 – 20 minutes for the flavors to infuse .
- Add coconut oil before serving and mix well.
Looks appealing! Sometimes simple is the best!
The ground green chili pepper and coconut oil is a very interesting addition. You have a knack for collecting recipes where ever you go.
loving the simplicity of this salad! lovely vaishali!
Though Thakkali is what its called in tamil, this is the first time I am reading about a salad with coconut oil, amazing one Vaishali, too good!
Though it is simple it tastes so amazing. Love the coconut oil on top….would have been so aromatic!!
Lovely variation to the common onion-tomato salad . I must try this for my husband who loves onion-tomato salad with his rotis.
Sometimes we consider certain things to be so simple to post, but they turn out to be a crowd pleaser. There is a flavorful twist in this otherwise simple onion tomato salad
One of the typical salad and i love these sort of simple and flavourful salad. Am sure this salad will definitely please everyone’s tastebuds at home.
simple dishes are always ignored. dont underestimate their power. Well adding coconut oil definitely makes it a new version of mixing onion n tomato. But yes this simple salad is always in demand,
The coconut oil, pounded chillies and curry leaves must give the salad an authentic Kerala taste. Though simple, the salad looks so delicious..
simple and quick recipe… love the salad recipe/
Curry leaves in the salad must gave a kick and flavorful kick and ofcourse the nuttiness from the coconut oi.