Green Tomato Pachadi

 Green tomato pachadi is a coconut and curd based very tasty curry made with green tomatoes and goes well with rice.

The following ingredients are needed to prepare Green Tomato Pachadi.

Ingredients:-

Green tomato.     - 4
Whisked curd.     -1/2 cup
Turmeric powder.-1/4 tsp
Salt.                      -to taste

For Grinding Coconut Mustard Paste:-

Grated coconut.-3/4 cup
Green chillies.  -3
Cumin seeds.    -1/2 tsp
Mustard seeds.  -1/4 tsp crushed

For Seasoning:-

Mustard seeds.-1tsp
Dry red chilly. -1
Curry leaves.   -few.
Coconut oil.    -1tsp

Instructions:-

1). Wash and chop green tomatoes into medium thick pieces and keep aside.

2). Grind grated coconut along with cumin seeds, green chillies and 1/4 tsp crushed mustard seeds to a smooth paste adding little water. Keep aside the ground coconut mustard paste.

3). whisk curd without lumps and keep aside.

Method:-

1). In a cooking vessel add chopped green tomatoes, turmeric powder, little salt and 1cup of water. Boil and cook green tomato pieces.

2). Add ground coconut mustard paste into the vessel and mix with the cooked green tomato pieces. Add 1/2 cup of water and mix well.Check for salt and add required salt if needed and mix well.Boil the curry on low flame for 3 minutes and switch off the flame.Remove the vessel from flame and allow the curry to cool.

3). Once cooled add whisked curd into the curry and mix well.

4). Heat 1tsp coconut oil in a small pan for seasoning and splutter 1tsp mustard seeds. Add broken dry red chilly halves and curry leaves into the pan and fry in oil for a second and switch off the flame. 

5). Pour the above seasoning into the green tomato pachadi and mix well..

Very tasty Green Tomato Pachadi is ready to serve with rice.