Tomato Gravy / Thakkali Kuruma

Ingredients:

Tomato	4
Oil	2 tbs
Mustard Seeds	½ tbs
Urad Dal	½ tbs
Curry Leaves	1 spring
Sambar Onion	¼ cup
Green Chilly	3
Grated Coconut	¼ cup
Ginger	½ inch
Roasted Split Gram (Pottukadalai)	2 tbs
Garlic	3 pods
Aniseeds	1 tbs
Poppy Seeds	½ tbs
Cashewnuts	4
Turmeric Powder	½ tbs
Salt	To Taste
Coriander Leaves	Garnish

Procedure:

1. Wash the tomatoes and grind them into fine paste. Keep it aside.

2. Wash the green chillies and cut into two halves. Then cut them again into small pieces.

3. Wash and remove the skin of the ginger.

4. Cut the sambar onion into lengthwise thin pieces.

5. Grind the coconut, roasted split gram, ginger, garlic, aniseeds, cashewnuts and poppy seeds into a fine paste. Keep it aside.

6. Heat the oil in the pan, add mustard seeds and urad dal.

7. When the mustard seeds starts popping, add chopped green chillies, curry leaves and chopped onion.

8. Fry till the onion becomes golden color.

9. Then add the tomato paste and turmeric powder.

10. Cook for 5 mins or till its raw smell goes out.

11. And then add the coconut paste [step 5], enough water and salt. Close the pan and cook for 10 minutes.

12. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves.

It goes well with Chapathi, Idly and Dosas.

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