Tomato Sheer

Ingredients

• • Onions - 2
• • Green chillies - 4
• • Ginger - ½ inch piece
• • Red chilly powder - ¾ teaspoon
• • Turmeric powder - ½ teaspoon
• • Tomato - ½ kg
• • Oil (for frying) - as required
• • Cashew nuts - 10
• • Coconut (fresh, grated) - ¾ cup
• • Mustard seeds - ¼ teaspoon
• • Cumin seeds - ½ teaspoon
• • Curry leaves - 1 sprig
• • Asafoetida powder - a pinch
• • Bengal gram flour - 2 tablespoons
• • Salt - as required
• • Sugar - 1 teaspoon
• • Coriander leaves - 1 tablespoon

Method

• 1. Cut onions and tomatoes finely.
• 2. Crush ginger and slice green chillies.
• 3. Add half cup water to coconut, grind, strain and take coconut extract.
• 4. Keep first extract separately. Add little more water grind and take out second extract.
• 5. Heat oil in a deep pan, add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, asafoetida and then curry leaves.
• 6. Put onions, ginger, chillies and fry till golden.
• 7. Add tomatoes and stir for few minutes.
• 8. When it turns pulpy mix chilly powder and turmeric powder.
• 9. Mix gram flour with second extract and pour gently over tomatoes.
• 10. Stir for few minutes and then add salt and sugar.
• 11. Cook in reduced flame, pour in thick (first) coconut extract.
• 12. When it begins to boil, remove from fire.
• 13. Garnish with chopped coriander and fried cashew nuts.