Tomato Kurma

A simple tomato,onion kurma with no vegetables added. You can use the same gravy base and cook with any vegetable of your choice or paneer as well. It goes well with any type of rotti.

INGREDIENTS:

Tomato -2 (Big size)

Big Onion - 1/2 

Roasted Gram(Pottu kadalai) - 2 tablespoon

Fennel seeds(Perunjeeragam) - 1 table spoon

Ginger - 1 tablespoon

Fresh red/green chilli - 2 nos.

Coriander - a bunch

Cinnamon - 1 nos

Cloves - 2-3 nos.

Cashews - 6 nos.

Turmeric powder - 1/4 teaspoon

Salt - As required

Sugar - 1/4 teaspoon

Oil - 3 teaspoon

METHOD:

1. Cut tomato, onion in to fine pieces.

2. Dry roast fennel seeds for 2 minutes, till nice aroma comes and set aside.

3. In the same pan, add a teaspoon oil and fry cinnamon and clove .Set aside.

4. In the same pan, add a tea spoon of oil, then add ginger and red/green chilli and fry for a minute.

5. Now grind fennel seeds, cinnamon,cloves,ginger,red chilli,corriander leaves,cashews,roasted gram with 1/4 cup water in to a smooth paste. 

6. In a pan, add 3 tea spoon of oil, add onion. Then add required salt, 1/4 teaspoon sugar and fry well for 3 to 4 minutes, till the onion color changes and gets soft.

7. Then add dices tomatoes and fry for another 4 minutes, till the tomato and onion gets soft. Add 1/4 teaspoon of turmeric powder. Cook for another 2 minutes.

8. Add the masala gravy paste which you have prepared .

9. Mix well and cook for a minute. Then add 2 cups of water. Allow it come for a boil and switch off the gas.

10. Sprinkle some asafoetida powder. Tomato kurma is ready !