Spicy Tomato Dosa

Spicy tomato dosa

INGREDIENTS:

• Dosa batter - 2 cup
• Tomato (chopped)- 2 nos
• Onion (chopped) - 1 small
• Chopped Garlic - 1 tbsp 
• Red chilli powder - 1 tsp
• Asafoetida powder- ¼ tsp
• oil - 2 tbsps
• Salt to taste

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Heat oil in a Pan. 
• Add onions and garlic and saute`till the onion turns transparent.
• Add chopped tomatoes and saute well along with salt.
• Add Chilly powder and saute for a minute.
• Grind them into a paste.
• Add asafoetida, turmeric powder and mix well.
• Add tomato mix to the Dosa batter and mix well.
• Heat a Frying Pan.
• Pour one spoon full of batter on the pan as thin as possible.
• Pour some oil on it.
• When one side is golden brown and turn the other side . 

Recommended Combination: Serve hot with Chutney

Tomato Uthappam

Uthappams are one of the South Indian breakfast. It can be make with left over idli or dosa batter.
Tomato Uttapam is usually made with chopped Onion,Tomato,Chilli.

INGREDIENTS:

• Dosa batter - 1 cup
• Sliced Onion - 1 nos
• Sliced Tomato- 2 nos
• Finely chopped Green chillies -4nos
• Finely chopped Curry leaves / Corriander leaves -1 tbsp
• Gingely Oil
• Salt to taste

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Heat  a frying pan and smear some oil.
• Spread a spoonful of the batter to a heated frying pan.
• Sprinkle few onions, green chilly, tomato and curry leaves / corriander leaves on top of the batter.
• When the base is golden brown, turn the other side and cook well.

Recommended Combination: Serve hot with Chutney.

Thakkali Chutney / Tomato Chutney

Chutney is often served fresh as a side dish with breakfast, lunch and dinner. It often contains strong flavoured ingredients like dry hot chillies, green chillies, pearl onions, Curry leaves and other spices.
Tomato Chutney is a fine paste made with Tomato along with other spices. It is a good side dish for Dosa and Idly.

INGREDIENTS:

• Tomato (chopped)- 2 nos
• Onion (chopped) - 1 small
• Chopped Garlic - 1 tbsp
• Chilly Powder - 1 tsp
• Red chilli - 3 nos
• Asafoetida powder- ¼ tsp
• Fenugreek powder - 2 pinch
• Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
• Curry leaves - few
• Gingely oil - 3 tbsps
• Salt to taste

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Heat oil in a Pan.
• Add onions and garlic and saute`till the onion turns transparent.
• Add chopped tomatoes, chilly powder and saute well .
• Add salt and mix well.
• Grind them into a paste.
• Heat 1 tsp oil in a Pan.
• Add mustard seeds and Red chilly, let it splutter.
• Add asafoetida, fenugreek powder and curry leaves.
• Add the paste to it and mix well.
• Let it cook for 4-5 minutes and remove from fire.

Recommended Combination: Serve with Dosa / Idli

Tomato Rice

Tomato rice is a South Indian food.
It is a variety prepartion of rice with rich tomato flavour.

INGREDIENTS:

• Basmati Rice – 1 cup
• Tomatoes(Chopped) – 4 nos
• Onion(Chopped) – 1 nos
• Chopped Garlic - ½ tsp
• Chopped Ginger - ½ tsp
• Chopped Green Chillis – 1 nos
• Turmeric Powder -¼ tsp
• Asafoetida powder - ¼ tsp
• Fenugreek powder - ¼ tsp
• Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
• Urud Dal – 1 tbsp
• Chana dal - 1 tbsp
• Broken cashew nut - 2 tbsp
• Gingely Oil - 2  - 3 tbsp
• Salt to taste
• Chopped corriander leaves - 1 tbsp
• Curry leaves – few

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Cook rice and let it cool.
• Heat 1 tsp gingely oil in a Pan.
• Add onions, ginger and garlic, green chilly and saute`till the onion turns transparent.
• Add chopped tomatoes, chilly powder and saute well .
• Add salt and mix well.
• Let it cook till the tomato becomes soft.
• Remove from fire and let it cool.
• Grind them into a paste.
• Heat 2 tbsp oil in a pan.
• Add the tomato paste and corriander leaves into it and mix well.
• Let it cook until the oil seperates from the paste.
• Add the cooked rice and salt into it and mix well.
• Let it cook for a minute and remove from the fire.
• Heat the remaining oil in a Pan.
• Add mustard seeds and red chilly, let it splutter.
• Add cumin seed, chana dal, urad dal and cashew nut and fry it.
• Add asafoetida, fenugreek powder and curry leaves .
• Add the cooked tomato rice into it and mix well.
• Remove from fire and serve.

Recommended Combination: Serve with Pappadam/Chips and raita.

Thakkali Achar / Tomato Pickle

Tomato Pickle is a dry side dish served with Rice or other breakfast items like Dosa or Idly.
It is prepared using Tomato puree sauted along with other spices till the water dries off.

INGREDIENTS:

• Tomato - 10 nos
• Garlic paste - 1 tsp
• Ginger paste - 1 tsp
• Chilli Powder- ½ tsp
• Turmeric Powder - tsp
• Fenu greek powder - ¼ tsp
• Asafoetida - ¼ tsp
• Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
• Curry leaves - few
• Sesame oil - ¼ cup
• sugar - 1 tsp

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Salt to taste
• Put Tomato in boiled and peel the skin.
• Grind tomato into pulp.
• Heat oil in a Pan.
• Add mustard seeds, when it starts to splutter add Ginger paste, Garlic paste, curry leaves and fry it.
• Add asafoetida stir for a minute.
• Add Tomato pulp, Turmeric powder, Chilli powder and Salt and cook it.
• When the water dries up add fenugreek powder and sugar and stir well.
• Stir well till the Oil oozes out and remove from fire..

Recommended Combination: Serve with Chappathi, Dosa, Idli, Rice.

Rasam

Rasam is a spicy watery curry also served as a soup.
The main ingredients include Tomato, Tamarind Juice and other hot spices.

INGREDIENTS:

• Tomato- 2 nos
• Garlic (crushed) - 1 nos
• Tamarind - A gooseberry sized ball
• Chilly Powder - ½ tsp
• Corriander Powder - ½ tsp
• Turmeric Powder - ¼ tsp
• Cumin seeds (crushed) – ¼ tsp
• Pepper powder - 1 ½ tsp
• Asafoetida - ¼ tsp
• Curry Leaves - a few
• Mustard seeds -1 tsp
• Red chilly - 2 nos
• Coconut oil - 1 tsps

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Soak tamarind in 1 cup of warm water and take the extract from it.
• Squeeze Tomato and add it to the tamarind juice.
• Add Chilly powder, Corriander powder, Crushed Garlic, Asafoetida, Crushed Cumin seeds, Pepper powder.
• Mix them well.
• Heat oil in a pan.
• Add Mustrard seeds and Red chillies into it, allow to Splutter.
• Add the Rasam mixture into the pan and let it boil till tomato cooks well.
• Remove from the fire and add curry leaves.

Recommended Combination: Serve hot with Rice.

Muringakka Thakkali Curry

This is a rich gravy curry.
This curry has got a good taste of Tomato and Drumstick.

INGREDIENTS:

• Drum Stick(cuts) -10 nos
• Sliced Onion - 1 nos
• Chopped Tomato - 4 nos
• Green chilly(slit) - 5 nos
• Chilli powder -½ tsp
• Corriander Powder- ½ tsp
• Turmeric powder -¼ tsp
• Grated Coconut - ½ cup
• Salt to taste
• Water - 1 cup
• Coconut Oil -1 tbs
• Curry leaves- 1 stem

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Cook Onion, Tomato, Drumstick, Green chilly with turmeric powder, salt and water.
• Cover the pan and allow to cook.
• Grind Coconut, Chilly powder,Corriander powder into fine paste.
• Add this paste in the cooked vegetables and mix well.
• When it starts boil, remove it from fire.
• Finally add Coconut Oil and curry leaves..

Recommended Combination: Serve hot with Rice /Chappathi.