Are you wishing for something tangy and spicy? Here is one simple curry that is so simple to make and yet so tasty! I call it tomato gojju. You just need few stuffs and you can enjoy it with rice or chapatis. Let me start.
Ingredients:
- Tomatoes:onions – 2:1 ratio (so if you are making for yourself for 2 meals then add 2 big tomatoes and 1 big onion)
- Chilli powder – 1 small spoon (or you could add 1 or 2 green chillies)
- Garlic – 2 cloves
- curry leaves, coriander leaves (optional)
- salt and sugar – to taste
- Mustard seeds – 1tsp
- turmeric powder – 1tsp
- chana dal and urud dal – 1 tsp each (again optional)
I also add capsicum to this, so if you have one in your fridge then add it, gives a good flavor. Or else, if you have an egg or two you could also add that. I will explain the way to add eggs in the section below.
Method:
- First, you need to finish all the chopping. Chop onions and tomatoes into medium sized cubes. Also chop the chillies (if you are using them) and garlic finely. Chop capsicum into small pieces if you are adding them.
- Add oil in a pan and after it gets heated up, add the mustard seeds, chana dal and urud dal to it. Then add curry leaves green chillies and garlic. This is the basic seasoning you will find in most of the South Indian recipes.
- After you are done with this, add onions and a little bit of salt. Let it fry for at least 5 – 10 mins while stirring continuously. Once the onions start getting a little brown (not too much!!) add the tomatoes. Let it cook for a minute or two. Then add sugar and salt as per your taste, turmeric powder and chilli powder.
- Note1: If you are adding capsicum then add it now.
- Note 2: If you are adding eggs, then first add some water to the mixture just so that it gets a little watery. Then just crack eggs on top of this mixture and let it cook on low heat covered with a lid. (DO NOT stir it after this point)
- Let this whole mixture cook for some time on medium flame till the tomatoes are all squished up and you get a nice flavor. In the end, garnish with finely chopped coriander leaves.
And that’s all folks! Enjoy this curry with hot rice or chapattis! In the picture below, I made a simple gojju without any additions not even coriander leaves and curry leaves, and still it tasted divine!
Akshayapatre 