Tomato Gojju - A curry from Karnataka
A spicy sour and sweet curry made using cherry tomatoes, a delicious accompaniment to plain rice. A perfect recipe for a lazy day!
Ingredients
- 3 cups Cherry tomatoes
- 1 tbsp Cooking oil
- 1/4 tsp Fenugreek seed
- 1/2 tsp Mustard seed seeds
- pinch Asafoetida
- 2 sprigs Curry leaves
- 3 - 4 dried red chillies
- 1 - 2 tbsps jaggery Crushed
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1.5 - 2 cups Water
Instructions
- Halve the cherry tomatoes. You can leave some of them whole if you wish.
- Heat the oil in a heavy bottomed pan or kadai.
- Add the fenugreek seeds, mustard seeds and curry leaves. Once the mustard seeds splutter, add the asafoetida and red chillies.
- After sauteeing for few seconds, add the whole and chopped cherry tomatoes, salt, jaggery, rasam powder.
- Add 1.5 cups water, cover and bring to a simmer.
- Cook until the tomatoes are softened. Check for seasoning and adjust if required. The end taste must be a balance of spicy, salty and sweet.
- Remove into a serving bowl and serve hot with steamed rice.
Notes
Serve it with steamed rice, or broken wheat along with a dry vegetable dish.
If you don't have cherry tomatoes, use regular tomatoes, quartered.
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