Today I made tomato kurma at home. Now a days, we get tomatoes in lesser price in Bengaluru. We can do lot of tasty items with tomatoes. Even those who do not like tomatoes like this kurma.
Ingredients: |
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| Onion | – 2 |
| Fully ripe tomatoes | – 5 |
| Turmeric powder | – ¼ tsp. |
| Salt | – as needed |
For grinding I: |
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| Ginger | – 1 inch piece |
| Garic pieces | – 5 |
| Sombu or Aniseed | – 1 tsp. |
| Green Chillies | – 5 |
| Coriander leaves | – a handful |
| Dhania powder | – 2 tsp. |
For grinding II: |
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| Grated coconut | – ½ cup |
| Fried gram | – 3 tsp. |
| Cashewnuts | – 5 |
For Seasoning: |
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| Cinnamaon sticks | – 1 |
| Cloves | – 2 |
| Cardamaom | – 2 |
| Curry leaves | – little |
| Oil | – 3 tbsp. |
Method:
- Grind the ingredients given for grinding and keep aside.
- Cut the onions and tomatoes into fine pieces.
- Heat oil in a pan and season with the seasonings given.
- Add onions and fry till transparent.
- Add the ground masala I and tomatoes and cook till tomatoes turn mushy.
- Now add 2 ½ cup water and salt and boil for 3 minutes.
- Add the ground masala II and boil for 3 minutes and switch off the stove.
- Tasty tomato kurma is ready.
- You can have this with ildy, dosa, idiappam and chapathi.