Easy Tomato-Onion Gojju

Here goes  easy and instant Tomato onion curry recipe.

Ingredients

Tomato - 3-4
Onion - 1 Large
Rasam powder - 1-2 tsp
green chilly - 2-3
cilantro(coriander leaves) - finely chopped few strands
pinch of turmeric
salt for taste
jaggery for tinge of sweetness
oil,mustard, curry leaves, hing for tempering








Method

1. Finely chop the onion and Tomato and keep it aside.

2. Take a thick bottomed kadai and add 2 tsp of oil and once the oil is heated add mustard, jeera, curry leaves.

3. Add finely chopped onions when the mustard starts crackling. fry the onion until golden brown.

4. Add salt and turmeric at this step and mix well. And now add the chopped tomato and close the lid and allow it cook for 4-5 minutes.

5. Add the Rasam powder , little jaggery and hing and mix everything well. cook the gravy for 3-4 minutes. Garnish with finely chopped coriander leaves.

Tomato onion curry is ready now. It goes very well with plain rice/dosa/rotis
Enjoy :)

Menthe Kalu Gojju (Menthya/Fenugreek Seeds Curry)

As Menthya  is very good for  health, I wanted to try out some curries/dosas with Menthya. Though menthya is lil bitter in taste, this preparation is not bitter at all. Ajey(my hubby) likes this a lot. he says this is a ajey-certified-dish :)

Ingredients

1. Menthya seeds - 1 tsp
2. Grated coconut - 1 cup
3. Hurigadale - 1.5 tsp
4. Tamarind paste - 1 tsp
5. Rasam powder - 1.5 tsp
6. jaggery - 1
7. uraad daal, channa daal, curry leaves, hing,turmeric for tempering
8. cilantro for garnishing
9. salt for taste

Method:

1. Fry the methi seeds without adding the oil till it becomes light red in color.

2. Add 1 cup of water and pressure cook until it is properly cooked say for about 2 -3 whistles

3. Take the grated coconut in a jar, add the hurigadale and blend it well using little amount of water.

4. Take oil in a kadai and add the tempering ingredients mentioned in step 7

5. Add the boiled methi seeds to the tempering mixture and add some water to it.

6. Add jaggery, tamarind paste and salt and boil for 5-6 minutes.

7. Now add the coconut mixture prepared in step 3

8. cook for 3-4 minutes and turn off the heat

9. garnish with a few cilantro leaves


Yummy menthya gojju is ready. goes very well with plain rice/chapathi. This gojju tastes very good since it is a mixture of sweet,sour and bitter.