Recipe CookBook

Tomato Saar

Cooking time: 20 Minutes

Serves 4

Ingredients:

1 cup of grated coconut

6 cloves of garlic

1 tspn of seeds

3-4 green chillies

¼ cup coriander leaves

5-6 large sized ripe tomatoes

2-3 tblspns sugar

Salt to taste

½ tspn of red chilli powder

2 tblspns of ghee

1 tspn of mustard seeds

A pinch of asafoetida

8-10 curry leaves

Method:

1-Make a paste of grated coconut, garlic cloves and seeds. Slit green chillies into two.

2-Chop the coriander leaves.

3-Wash, chop tomatoes roughly and add salt and red chilli powder.

4-Transfer it to a pan and add three cups of water and bring it to a boil.

5-Simmer for fifteen minutes and puree when it is a little cool.

6-Heat ghee in a pan and add mustard seeds, asafoetida and curry leaves.

7-And pureed tomatoes and slit green chillies and bring it to a boil and add sugar.

8-Add coconut and spice paste. Cook on a low heat for ten minutes. Correct seasoning.

Serve hot, garnished with chopped coriander leaves.