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Sikkim Tomato Achar |Instant Tomato Pickle

Dec 27, 2020 · Modified: Apr 26, 2025 by Priya_Srinivasan ·

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Sikkim tomato achar/pickle, a quick and easy condiment with tomatoes and green chili. A delicious and fiery condiment to serve with flatbreads.

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  • The Land & Its Food
  • Indian Pickles
  • How to make Sikkim style tomato pickle
  • More Instant pickles
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The Land & Its Food

Sikkim, a landlocked Indian state located in the Himalayan mountains, bordered with Nepal, Tibet and West Bengal. So naturally their cuisine has large impacts of Chinese, Tibetan and Nepalese Cuisine.  Rice is the staple food, with meat and dairy products consumed depending on availability. Besides these, various traditional fermented foods and beverages, also forms major part of their meal.

Indian Pickles

Indian pickles are made with oil, vinegar, lemon juice or water. A wide variety of vegetables are pickled in Indian cuisine like mango, gooseberry, tomato, carrots, beets, etc.

North-Indian style pickles, mostly use Mustard oil for seasoning, whereas South-Indian pickles use Sesame oil and spices like mustard seeds, fenugreek seeds, red chili powder and salt. When we say south-indian pickle, the first thing that crosses many minds is the famous avakaya or aavaikai. You can check the recipe of Andhra style Mango pickle at Srivalli's page. Andhra style tomato pickle here at Sandhya's place. If you are a garlic lover, check this malabar style garlic pickle from Rafeeda's place.

There are many no-oil, instant pickles, that keep our taste-buds wanting for more, like this Nepali style tomato pickle, gooseberry in brine, roasted green chili pickle etc.

How to make Sikkim style tomato pickle

Sikkim style tomato pickle is very simple to make and takes less than 15 minutes to make. An instant pickle, stays good for 3-4 days, when refrigerated.

  • Take the tomatoes, dunk it in boiling water, take it off the stove and let it sit covered for 10 minutes
  • Remove the tomatoes, peel the skin, mash it roughly. In a mortar-pestle, mash green chilies roughly. Add it to the tomatoes, add salt and mix well.
  • Serve this instant tomato pickle with flatbreads or momos.
Sikkim tomato achar

Sikkim Tomato Achar | Instant tomato pickle |No oil pickle

Sikkim tomato achar, a quick and easy condiment with tomatoes and green chili. A delicious and fiery condiment to serve with flatbreads.
5 from 6 votes
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Course: Condiments, Sides
Cuisine: Asian, Indian
Keyword: Easy pickle recipe, Instant pickle, Instant tomato pickle, No oil pickle, No vinegar pickle, Quick and easy pickle, Sikkim tomato achar, Thakkali urugai, tomato achar
Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes minutes
Servings: 3
Calories:

Equipment

  • Mortar-pestle for crushing chillies
  • Potato masher for mashing tomatoes

Ingredients

  • 2 nos large red tomatoes
  • 3 nos green chilies
  • ¾ teaspoon salt to or to taste

Instructions

  • Boil  2 Cups of water, add the tomatoes. Remove from heat, cover and keep for 10 minutes
  • Remove the tomatoes and peel the skin. Mash the pulp roughly with potato masher
  • Roughly mince green chilies using a mortar and pestle, add this to mashes tomatoes.
  • Add salt and mix well.
  • Serve with Kodo ko Roti or can be served along with piping hot momos too.
  • Any leftovers can be refrigerated and stored upto 3-4 days.

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Enjoy this sikkim style tomato achar with flatbreads and momos. I served it with Kodo ko roti. We love to enjoy it with as a sandwich spread too.

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  1. Uma Srinivas

    February 08, 2021 at 6:01 am

    5 stars
    Such a simple and delicious achar! I think we can eat this with paratha and steamed rice as well! Love to try this out soon...

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  2. Archana

    February 11, 2021 at 11:30 am

    5 stars
    Sikkim style tomato achar is so simple to make and yet so delicious. Especially now that I have too many red tomatoes this pickle seems like a nice flavourful condiment to supplement our meal. Thanks. will make it immediately Priya.:D

    Reply
  3. Lata Lala

    February 11, 2021 at 11:39 am

    5 stars
    This delicious looking easy to make instant tomato pickle sounds so interesting. I would love to eat this with piping hot tadka khichdi.

    Reply
  4. Mayuri Patel

    February 11, 2021 at 9:37 pm

    5 stars
    Beautiful colour of Sikkim Tomato Achar. Such a simple and yet a flavourful pickle to enjoy with anything from rice to parathas. I love making it.

    Reply
  5. Poonam bachhav

    February 12, 2021 at 3:01 pm

    5 stars
    Silk style tomato achar is so simple yet flavorful. Oil free recipe with a tangy spicy kick is just perfect pair with dal chawal or khichdi.

    Reply
  6. Seema Sriram

    February 15, 2021 at 2:47 pm

    5 stars
    ooo!! fiery and easy to prepare. This achar looks like a perfect way to go on the crazy run days. I am sure it will work with any main dish to bring flavour.

    Reply
  7. Jagruti's Cooking Odyssey

    March 08, 2021 at 12:51 pm

    Such a delicious and easy pickle recipe this is, only made with 2 ingredients but deliver tons of flavours, can't go wrong, can we?

    Reply

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