Tomato bagara

For this curry the main ingredient is Tomato, that we commonly use it as one of the ingredients for other dishes .... You can use normal tomatoes but i like to use cherry tomatoes for this recipe. This curry taste really good and goes very well with paratha's.

Preparation time :
Serves : 2

Ingredients :

Onions : 1
Very Small tomatoes : 10
Tamarind : small size (or) Tamarind pulp : 2 tbsp
Salt : to taste
Chili powder : to taste
Turmeric powder : pinch
Roasted peanuts : 3 tbsp
Grated coconut : 3 tbsp
Dry red chili : 3
Coriander leaves : 1 spring
For seasoning :
Urad dal : 1/4 tsp
Mustard seeds : 1/4 tsp
Jeera (or) cumin seeds : 1/4 tsp
Curry leaves : 10

Method :

Make a paste out of roasted peanuts, grated coconut, red chili and salt.
Keep it side.
For this curry you need very small tomatoes, i.e tomatoes as size of goose berry kind off .
Wash them , take a fork and make a mark with the fork on each tomato,i.e piercing the tomato. If you do so tomato flavour goes to curry and tomato gets the flavour of gravy.
Take a pan heat it, add ingredients listed for seasoning.
Add finely chopped onions and fry them till they are golden brown in color.
Add the paste that we already prepared.
Add tamarind juice, salt, chili powder, turmeric.
Let it boil.
Add water and make it to the consistency you like.
Add tomatoes.
Let it cook for 5 mins.
Switch off the flame.
Garnish with coriander leaves.
Serve it with roti.

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