Tomato cut salan

This is one of those dishes that you can have as a side dish for biryani's.

Preparation time : 30 mins
Serves : 2

Ingredients :

Tomatoes : 6
Onion : 1
Sesame seeds : 2tbsp
Peanuts : 2tbsp
Green chili : 1 or 2
Sahi jeera / black cumins : 1 tsp (or you can even use normal cumin seeds)
Mustard seeds : 1/8 tsp
Fenugreek seeds / methi seeds : pinch
Curry leaves : few
Hing : pinch
Turmeric : pinch
Salt : to taste
Ginger garlic paste : 1 tsp
Chili powder : to taste
Coconut powder : 1 tbsp
Coriander powder : 1 tsp
Tamarind paste : 3 - 4 tbsp (depends on concentration of tamarind)
Coriander leaves : few springs
Whole garam masala :
Cloves : 4
Cinnamon : 2
Cardamom : 2 " piece

Method :

Prepare the tomatoes.
Cut the top of tomatoes, remove off all the seeds with a spoon.
Keep tomatoes aside.
Take those seeds,juice and add it to your blender with a green chili and make a fine paste out of this.
Keep this aside.

Take a pan and dry roast peanuts and sesame seeds till they are nice golden brown.
Make a fine powder of these, keep aside.
Take a pan, heat 4 tbsp of oil, add whole garam masala, sahi jeera/ black cumin, mustard seeds, fenugreek seeds/ methi seeds,hing and curry leaves. Saute them a bit.
Add chopped onions.
Cook it till onions are brown in color.
Add turmeric, ginger garlic paste.
Add the paste that you prepared earlier with tomato seeds, juice and green chili.
Add chili powder, coriander powder, coconut powder, and the powder that we prepared earlier with sesame seeds and peanuts.
Mix every thing good.
Cook till mixture oozes out oil.
Add tamarind juice.
Add water, to the desired consistency you want.( 1cup or 1 1/2 cup)
Bring this mixture to boil and cook it again till it oozes out oil.
After some time the sauce will thicken up.
Add tomatoes into the gravy and fill them with gravy. (don't mix them)
Garnish with freshly chopped coriander leaves.
Switch off the flame and cover it with a lid.
With that hot gravy and steam in side the tomatoes will be cooked.
After 5 to 10 mins , gravy is ready to serve.
Enjoy your delicious gravy with you pulao 's or biryani or even with pulka/ roti.
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