Thursday, May 21, 2009

Sweet and Tangy Tomato Kadhi

This is a tomato based curry with a lovely balanced tangy- sweet combination. This is a recipe by Tarla Dalal from my recipe collection .
When we need a change from the regular sambars and rasams, Tomato kadhi is a welcome change in taste. Here’s the recipe.

Ingredients:

4 large tomatoes
½ tsp mustard seeds
½ tsp cumin seeds
1 chopped green chilli
5 to 6 curry leaves
2 cloves
2 tbsp chickpea flour (besan), make it into a paste by adding a couple of tsps of water
¼ tsp turmeric powder
2 tsp red chilli powder
½ tsp aamchur powder (dry mango powder)
A pinch of asafoetida
2 tsp grated jaggery
2 tbsp chopped coriander
2 tbsp oil
Salt to taste Method:

Roughly chop the tomatoes and cook them with ½ cup of water for about 10 to 15 minutes.

Cool and blend in a mixer to get a smooth puree. Keep aside

Heat the oil in a saucepan and add the mustard seeds and cumin seeds. When they pop, add the green chillies, curry leaves, cloves and chickpea flour (besan) paste and cook for 2 to 3 minutes.

Add the turmeric, red chilli powder, asafoetida, aamchur powder and pureed tomatoes with 2 cups of water and cook on a medium flame and keep stirring continuously.

When the kadhi comes to a boil, add the jaggery and salt and simmer for another 5 minutes.

Remove from the flame.

Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot with rice/rotis.

39 comments:

Deepthi Shankar said...

tomato kadhi is very new to me .. sounds good

chef and her kitchen said...

wow suparna..the recipe sounds very interesting...Love the tangy flavor of tomato..

Unknown said...

This is new to me. Looks very yummy.

Pooja said...

would have tasted great suparna..Sounds yummy..will give a try..

Sharmila said...

I'll like it with some rice ... a must try recipe Suparna. :-)

Pooja said...

Looks great! A new recipe for me. I love to have with steamed rice!

Soma said...

Wow this is new.. with some HOT HOT rice.. comforting.
Soma(www.ecurry.com)

Lisa Turner said...

This sounds and looks wonderful. Love the spices you use here.

Mangala Bhat said...

wow! new recipe to me Thanks for sharing will try this soon
hey thanks for the comments @ my blog Thanks soo much

Gita Jaishankar said...

Nice dish Suparna...it looks spicy and yummy :)

Cham said...

I like tangy taste, looks pretty!

Manju said...

this is totally new but sounds and looks awesome!! and if its tarla dalals recipe and youve given it an ok, it definitely must be great :)

indhu said...

yummy kadhi... love this recipe!

- Indhu (www.thayirsaadham.com)

Ramya Vijaykumar said...

Tangy and sweet that will be a great dish and the color itself speaks for the dish!!!

Raks said...

My dear friend makes this very nice,I have this in my archive as guest recipe:)

Looks very tempting suparna!

Vibaas said...

new to me and sounds yum! :)

Lena Jayadev said...

Suparna...its looking yummy...i loved the presentation..then one more thing..My name is Lena not leena..In blog awards my name is given as Leena.. :):):)

Savi-Ruchi said...

new & a nice idea to add tomatoes to kadhi.., thanks for the recipe

lubnakarim06 said...

Oh wow looks spicy and yum....

Priya Suresh said...

Quite a easy kadhi Suparna, just love anything with tomatoes and i adore the tangy dishes much! very prefect for me:)

Unknown said...

kadhi looks yumm..

Suparna said...

Hi Lena,
Am sorry about that :P I'll change it right away! :)

Valarmathi Sanjeev said...

New to me. Looks yum.

Ammu said...

Mouthwatering, & quite simple to make tooo.

Bong Mom said...

Is tomato kadhi like rasam ? I love the regular yogurt kadhi and I aslo like rasam, so this would be loved :)

Sia said...

i am seriously drooling here!

Anonymous said...

looks good suparna..sweet n tangy flavours appeal to me :)

Vikis Kitchen said...

I am sure it is good to try new dishes like your Tomato kadhi whenever we get bored of sambar:)
Love the placement mat and the picture.
Thanks dear for appreciating my write-ups along with the recipes. Its very touching to know someone like my blah blahs too:) U are inspiring me to write more. thanks again dear. Have a great weekend. Take care. Hugs.
Viki.

Suparna said...

Thanks pals for ur visit :)

Sandeepa- this isn't like rasam...it's a tomato based thick creamy dish mmmmm ...kinda like soup :)ya! if u r a rasam and yogurt based curry fan u r sure to enjoy this one too :)thanks for the visit. keep coming.
TC

Home Cooked Oriya Food said...

Loved your presentation. Again a new recipe from you. Never heard of it. But sound so good... Would love to have some...

Chitra said...

Hi, tomato kadhi sounds good ..must try this once::)

Anonymous said...

Suparna....curry looks lip-smacking delicious! I am seeing it for the 1st time....looks tangy and yummy :)

Mahimaa's kitchen said...

i have only heard of this dish.. never tried.. will do sometime. sounds yum.

Parita said...

i love tangy kadhis and your tomato kadhi looks perfect..yum yum yum :)

Finla said...

Kadhi looks really yumm. I loved the bowl in which you have sreved them.
And thankyou for your kind words in my place. It was one of the nicest comments i have got.

Unknown said...

wow nice tangy and spicy kadhi looks yum hummmm new to me.

Padma said...

A very new recipe .... looks great and also the click :)

Laavanya said...

Oh so this has no yogurt - only tomatoes? how different and delicious.

Sukanya Yogesh said...

The tomato Kadhi is a new recipe...Iam surely gonna try this.