Tomato Chutney

This is one of the quick chutney recipes. Loved by kids as most of them love tomatoes.

Ingredients

1. Tomato 1

2. Onion 1/2 small or few shallots

3. Red chilly powder 1/2 tsp

4. Mustard seeds little

5. Curry leaves few

6. Oil

Method

1. Blend tomato, onion.

2. Add oil in a pan. When hot add some mustard seeds, add curry leaves, add the blended mixture. 

3. Now add some red chilly powder and needed salt.

Thakkali Curry / Easy Tomato Curry

The Tomato curry is the easiest of easy curries in Kerala Cuisine. This is a great tasting dish that comes first comes to our mind when we are in a hurry. Also, it is a regular at our home when we are short of vegetables.
All you need are some fresh tomatoes, onion, curry leaves and green chillies. Adding few coriander leaves will get you a herby flavour. But this is truly optional

Ingredients:

1. Tomato 3 medium sized
2. Onion   1 medium sized sliced
3. Green Chillies 4
4. Curry leaves 1 strand
5. Salt
6. Oil

Method:

1. Cut tomatoes into pieces each.
2, Heat oil in a pan and add sliced onions. Saute well.
3, When the onions are transparent, add green chilies, curry leaves and salt.
4. After 2 mins, add tomatoes, saute well.
5. When tomatoes start mashing down, cook them covered in low flame for 4 - 5 mins.
6. Saute it well and get the tomatoes mashed down completely.
7. You can add little water, if you prefer it in loose consistency.
8. Garnish with coriander leaves.

Home Made Tomato Sauce

I came across the recipe at Nisa Homey's Cooking is easy.

My daughter is a great fan of tomato sauce. Shegrabs those little tomato ketchup sachets you get along with the chicken, at the fried chicken shop. I hate and worry too much when she has so much of them.

But not any more...

I made my own Tomato sauce....Hurray !!! and to know it was this simple ...!!!

She loved it so much ..Now mom and daughter are really happy ..:)

Here is the link to the original recipe Original recipe at Cooking is easy by NisaHomey

Ingredients:

Tomato 1.2 kg

Onion 1 medium

Garlic cloves 4

Sugar 2 tbsp

Salt as required

For the Spice Bag:

Cloves 3

Cardamoms 3

Cinnamon Stick 1 "

Cumin Seeds 1/2 tsp

Pepper Corns 1 tsp

Vinegar 1/4 cup (I reduced the volume, original recipe says 1/2 cup)

Method:

Wash and chop the tomatoes, garlic and onions. Put them al in a pressure cooker and do 2 whistles. Allow to completely cool. Put this in the mixie and grind it for 30 sec and pass it through a sieve in to a vessel. Add sugar, salt and vinegar. Add the spice bag also. Spice bag is a neat and clean cotton cloth to tie up all the given masalas. This is to be dumped in the sauce while you cook it. Put on fire. Simmer it and its better to stir it continuously till the sauce thickens.