Easy Tomato Curry

Tomato curry is a simple, quick and easy to prepare very tasty curry made with red ripe tomatoes and goes well with rice.

The following ingredients are needed to prepare Easy Tomato Curry.

Ingredients:-

Tomato.           -4 medium size
Green chilly.     -2
Asafoetida.      -1/2 tsp
Mustard seeds.-1tsp
Curry leaves.    -1sprig
Water.               -as needed
Salt.                  -to taste
Coconut oil.     -1tsp

Instructions:-

1). Wash and chop tomato into very small pieces. Wash and half slit green chillies. Keep aside.

Method:-

1). Heat coconut oil in a pan and splutter mustard seeds. Add half slit green chillies and fry in oil for a second. Add curry leaves and asafoetida (hing powder) into the pan and saute well in oil.

2). Add chopped tomato pieces and required salt into the pan and saute well. Add 1cup of water into the pan. Mix well and boil on low flame. Cover and cook till tomatoes become soft and mushy. You can add water according to the consistency you need and boil on low flame. Switch off the flame.

A very tasty Easy Tomato Curry is ready to serve hot with rice. 

Chammanthi Podi /Roasted Coconut Chutney Powder

Chammanthi Podi is a very tasty and easy to prepare spicy roasted coconut chutney powder and have a good shelf life. Chammanthi podi can be served as a side dish with rice, dosa or idli.

The following ingredients are needed to prepare Roasted Coconut Chutney Powder / Chammanthi Podi.

Ingredients:-

Grated coconut. -1 and 1/2 cup
Dry Red chillies. - 8
Urad dal.            - 2 tbsp
Chana dal.          - 2 tbsp
Coriander seeds.- 2 tbsp
Curry leaves.      - 6 sprig
Tamarind.           -a gooseberry size
Salt.                    - to taste
Oil.                      -2 tsp

Instructions:-

1). Heat a pan on medium flame and dry roast urad dal till light golden brown and keep aside. Dry roast chana dal till light golden colour and keep aside. Dry roast coriander seeds till nice aroma comes out and keep aside.

2). Add 2 tsp coconut oil in the same pan and roast dry red chillies in oil and keep aside. Add curry leaves and fry in oil and keep aside.

3). Add grated coconut into the pan and roast till golden brown colour. Add tamarind and required  salt into the pan and mix with the roasted coconut. Roast for a minute and switch off the flame. Keep aside all the roasted ingredients to cool.

Method:-

1). Once cooled add roasted urad dal, roasted chana dal, roasted coriander seeds, roasted red chillies and roasted curry leaves in a mixer grinder and grind to a fine but little coarse powder. Then add roasted coconut, tamarind, and salt mixture into the mixer grinder and grind again to a fine powder without adding water.

2). Transfer the ground roasted coconut chutney powder to a bowl and allow to cool. Chammanthi podi /Roasted Coconut chutney Powder is ready to use as a side dish with rice, dosa or idli.

3). Once cooled store the roasted coconut chutney powder to a clean and sun dried airtight glass bottle or container and it stays good for 6 months.