Tomato Mahasha

Ingredients	For 4	For 100
Tomatoes (even – sized medium ripe)	500gms	12.5kg
Onions	100gms	2.5kg
Lentil	225gms	5.6kg
Green chillies	2	200gms
Potatoes	225gms	5.6kg
Fat	50gms	1.35gms
Salt	to taste	100gms
Refined wheat flour (for paste)	15gms	340gms

Cut tope of tomatoes and scoop out pulp. Sprinkle with salt and place inverted on racks. Boil and mash lentil and potatoes. Chop onions and chillies. Heat part of the fat and fry onions. Mix together onions, chillies and salt with mashed lentil and potatoes. Cool mixture and fill tomatoes. Firmly press down stuffing. Put tops of tomatoes on, like lids, and seal with flour and water paste. Heat the fat. Fry the tomatoes first on sealed side. When browned, turn and fry all over. Cook covered till tomatoes are quite soft.