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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!
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Servings: 4 serving
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: south indian
Ingredients Method Notes

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

Method
 

  1. Halve the cherry tomatoes. You can leave some of them whole if you wish.
  2. Heat the oil in a heavy bottomed pan or kadai.
  3. Add the fenugreek seeds, mustard seeds and curry leaves. Once the mustard seeds splutter, add the asafoetida and red chillies.
  4. After sauteeing for few seconds, add the whole and chopped cherry tomatoes, salt, jaggery, rasam powder.
  5. Add 1.5 cups water, cover and bring to a simmer.
  6. 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.
  7. 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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