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Tomato with garlic chutney

Posted on 31 July 2009 by Sasirekha

Ingredients:

  • Riped Tomato – 300 gms
  • Garlic Cloves – 15
  • salt – as per taste
  • Red Chilli – 6 to 10 ( as per spicy of your requirement)
  • Gingelly Oil – 2 Table spoon

(No need of frying mustard and urad dal , and it can be stored in fridge for two days)

Method:

  • Fry well red chilli in little oil.
  • Cut tomatoes into pieces, peel skin of garlic and put both into mixie.
  • Add red chilli, salt along with it and grind nicely into a thick paste.No need to add water.
  • Then add rest of oil in kadai and heat it on flame.
  • Then add the paste to it and stir in intervals at medium flame, till all water in paste is absorbed and it becomes thick and non sticky on the kadai.
  • Then stop the flame and allow it to cool and serve with hot chappathi, dosai, idli, or with curd rice.
  • If u want the sour taste little more, u can add a pinch of tamarind with it while grinding.(Add little more oil, to make the gravy non sticky and cook well, if required).

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Spinach Tomato Sauce

Posted on 28 July 2009 by Sarmila

Ingredients:

  • Fresh Spinach – 1 bag (finely chopped)
  • Onion – 1 (small, finely chopped)
  • Garlic cloves – 4 (crushed)
  • Tomato sauce – 1 can
  • Salt – as required
  • Pepper – as required
  • Virgin Olive Oil – 4 tsp
  • Parsley – for garnishing

Method:

  • Heat olive oil in a pan. Fry the garlic cloves for 2 mins. Add onion and fry until they are soft.
  • Add the chopped spinach, cover the pan with lid and cook for 10mins.
  • Add the tomato sauce and cook for another 10mins.
  • Add the salt and pepper as required.

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Tomato Sauce

Posted on 02 July 2009 by Sarmila

Ingredients:

  • 10 ripe tomatoes
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 1 green bell pepper, chopped
  • 2 carrots, chopped
  • 4 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1/4 cup chopped fresh basil
  • 1/4 teaspoon Italian seasoning
  • 1/4 cup Burgundy wine
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 2 stalks celery
  • 2 tablespoons tomato paste

Method:

  • Bring a pot of water to a boil. Have ready a large bowl of iced water. Plunge whole tomatoes in boiling water until skin starts to peel, 1 minute.
  • Remove with slotted spoon and place in ice bath. Let rest until cool enough to handle, then remove peel and squeeze out seeds.
  • Chop 8 tomatoes and puree in blender or food processor. Chop remaining two tomatoes and set aside.
  • In a large pot or Dutch oven over medium heat, cook onion, bell pepper, carrot and garlic in oil and butter until onion starts to soften, 5 minutes. Pour in pureed tomatoes.
  • Stir in chopped tomato, basil, Italian seasoning and wine. Place bay leaf and whole celery stalks in pot. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low, cover and simmer 2 hours.
  • Stir in tomato paste and simmer an additional 2 hours.
  • Discard bay leaf and celery and serve

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Chettinad Tomato Chutney

Posted on 26 June 2009 by Sarmila

Ingredients:

  • Medium Onion.
  • 4 Roma Tomatoes
  • 4 red chillies.
  • 3 spoons of light Coconut Milk.
  • Salt
  • Curry Leaves.
  • Green Onions to garnish.
  • Seasoning:

  • Mustard, Broken Urad Dhal, Curry Leaves.

Method:

  • Chop the onions and tomatoes in to long slices.
  • In a kadai, add 2 spoons of oil and when hot, add mustard, broken urad dhal, red chillies and curry leaves.
  • Saute for a few seconds and add the chopped onions.
  • Saute again till the onions are pink and then add the tomatoes.
  • Sprinkle sufficient salt and mix till the water is all reduced and the tomatoes are cooked well.
  • Grind all the sauteed ingredients along with 3 spoons of coconut milk to a smooth paste.
  • Garnish with chopped cilantro and chopped spring onions for a burst of colour and flavour.
  • Serve with Dosa.

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Tomato Juice

Posted on 18 June 2009 by Sarmila

Ingrediants:

  • 6 tomatoes
  • 1 cup beet leaves
  • 1 slice lemon

Method:

  • Cut the tomatoes into sections and chop up the beet leaves.
  • Juice everything in the order given in the ingredient list.

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Tomato Chutney

Posted on 18 June 2009 by Sarmila

Ingredients:

  • Onion – 2 sliced
  • Tomato – 2 chopped
  • Ginger – 1 inch piece
  • Garlic – 2 or 3 flakes
  • Red chillies – 2
  • Green chillies – 2
  • Tamarind paste – 1 tbsp
  • Salt – to taste
  • Oil – 6 tsp
  • Seasoning:

  • Mustard seeds – ½ tsp
  • Urad dal – ½ tsp
  • Curry leaves – 6

Method:

  • Take a pan and heat with 4 tsp of oil.
  • Add all the ingredients (except seasoning ingredients) and sauté for few mins.
  • Sauté till the tomatoes become soft and onion turns into light brown colour.
  • Remove from heat and allow it to cool for some time.
  • Then add the sautéed ingredients in a mixer grinder.
  • Grind to a fine paste or your desired consistency without adding any water.
  • Take another pan add 2 tsp of oil and heat.
  • Add mustard seeds and urad dal.When they start to crackle add curry leaves.
  • Add this to the chutney and mix well and adjust salt.Onion tomato chutney is ready.

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