TOMATO PULCHIKKERY / Tomato Pulissery

Tomato Pulissery is made traditionally in Kerala.Tomato Pulchikkery is a popular Konkani dish.Pulissery is known as Pulichikery in Konkani.In Kerala, Kochi GSB people makes this curry with Butter milk adding coconut paste and it tastes wonderful.This yummy recipe is a combination of Tomatoes, Curd and Coconut masala paste which gives a yummy tastes to the Curry.

You can also prepare this Tomato Pulchikkery with seasoning.The seasoning makes the Curry more delicious.The seasoning of Mustard seeds along with Cumin seeds [Jeera] and Curry leaves in Coconut oil makes the Curry more tasty.

The followings ingredients are needed to prepare this delicious Tomato Pulchikkery.

Ingredients:-

Tomato.                -4 medium size
Green chilly.         -2 half slit lengtwise
Salt.                       -to taste
Butter milk/ Curd. -1 cup (little sour)

For grinding Coconut Masala paste:-

Coconut grated.     -1cup
Dry Red chillies.   -5
Turmeric powder.  -1/4tsp

For Seasoning:-

Coconut oil.             -1tsp
Mustard seeds.        -1tsp
Jeera /Cumn seeds. -1/2 tsp
Curry leaves.          -1spring

Instructions:-

Wash and chop 4 medium size ripe red Tomatoes roughly into pieces.Keep aside.

Wash and half slit 2 Green chillies lengthwise and keep aside.

Grind 1cup of grated Coconut along with 5 dry Red chillies and 1/4tsp Turmeric powder to a smooth paste adding very little water.Keep aside the ground Coconut masala paste.

Whisk the Curd and keep aside. Curd should be added  into the curry only after the curry is cooled.

Method:-

In a  cooking vessel add the chopped Tomato pieces and boil with 1cup of water and required Salt.

Add 2 slit Green chillies and cook till  the Tomatoes become mushy.

Add the ground Coconut masala paste into the cooking vessel and mix with the cooked Tomatoes.Boil  and cook for 2 minutes on low flame till the raw smell of the ground masala goes away. Switch off the flame.

When the curry is cooled add 1cup of whisked Curd. Mix and combine well.

Add few fresh Curry leaves in the Pulchikkery in the cooking vessel.[optional].

Heat 1tsp Coconut oil in a  pan for seasoning. Splutter 1tsp Mustard seeds, 1/2tsp Cumin seeds/ Jeera and saute well. Add 1 spring Curry leaves and fry for a second.Switch off the flame and pour the above seasoning into the Pulichikkery in the cooking vessel and close the cooking vessel with a lid.

A very tasty Tomato Pulchikkery is ready to serve with Rice.This Pulchikkery is one of my favourite Curry and the taste is excellent with rice.

Try the recipe and enjoy the dish.