Garlic Tomato Thokku

Garlic Tomato Thokku:

This dish  is from my Grandma’s recipes. This thokku tastes great with breakfast menus  like Idly, Dosa, Chapatti and Poori. It has a colourful appearance and mild garlic flavor which induces your appetite to take more…

Ingredients:

·         Onion                          - 2

·         Tomato                        - 3

·         Garlic                          - 6 to 8 pods

·         Oil                                - 3 tbsp

·         Fennel seeds               - 1 tsp

·         Turmeric pwd              - ¼ tsp

·         Red chilly pwd               - 1 ½ tbsp

·         Pepper pwd                 - ½ tbsp

·         Coriander pwd              - ½ tbsp

·         Lemon juice                - 1 tbsp

·         Salt to taste

·         Curry and coriander leaves

Method:

1.      Chop onion to fine slices. Peel and grate the garlic to small pieces.

2.      Wash tomatoes and mash it to puree in mixer.

3.      Heat oil, add fennel seeds, wait to splutter.

4.      Add chopped onion slices and sauté to golden brown.

5.      Add grated garlic pieces, followed by tomato puree and allow to cook till oil separates.

6.      Add turmeric pwd, red chilly pwd, coriander pwd, pepper pwd, salt and cook it covered with water.

7.      Simmer it for few more minutes and allow to cook.

8.      Turn off the flame, once you get the desired thickness of the curry.

9.      Add lemon juice and stir well.

10.  Garnish with fresh coriander leaves.