Tomato Gojju for tomato rice

Ingredients
Tomatoes (pureed or finely chopped)
Oil
Salt
Chilli Powder
turmeric powder
Mustard Seeds
Red Chillies
Green Chillies
Ginger grated or finely chopped
Curry leaves
Chenna Dal
Broken or whole skinned urad dal
Asafoetida
Peanuts and/or Cashew nuts (optional)
 
Get Cooking!

1. In a kadai, take some oil, sauté the mustard seeds, red chillies, green chillies, ginger, asafoetida, curry leaves, chenna dal, urad dal and peanuts till the dals are golden brown.
2. Add the tomatoes with some salt, chilli powder and turmeric powder. Mix them well
3. Cook well until about the time the oil leaves the sides of the kadai. Keep stirring off and on to avoid burning!
4. Mix with rice and serve as tomato rice or serve as a side dish for rotis, idlis or dosas
 
Tip(s)
You could add finely chopped onions and sauté before you add the tomatoes in which case, it might not last that long. You could also add some daniya powder with the tomatoes or replace chilli powder with sambar/rasam powder…just experiment and you will get the combination that suits you and your liking
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