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Hyderabadi Tomato Gravy















Ingredients

Quantity

Set1:


Ripe tomatoes – cut in two
2 pounds
Onions – finely chopped
3 medium
Red chilli powder
1 tsp
Garlic cloves – crushed 
10

Set 2:


Shajeers (caraway seed)
½ tsp
Mustard seeds
½ tsp
Cumin seeds
1 ½ tsp
Sesame seeds
4 tsp
Cinnamon stick
1”

Set3:


Cloves
6
Oil
1/3 cup
Dry red chillies
3
Salt
to taste


Heat set 2 on medium for 4 minutes and then make into a fine powder. Keep aside.

In a pot add ingredients of set 1, powdered set 2 and ½ cup of water and cook until tomatoes and onion pieces are well cooked. Remove from heat. Let cool and later blend in a processor until smooth and then pass through a strainer. The tomato stock is ready.

Heat oil in a deep skillet and when oil is hot add dry red chillies and cloves. Fry for a minute on medium heat and then add above stock and salt. Let cook on low heat for 15 minutes.

Stays up to a month, if stored in refrigerator.

Goes well with vegetable fried rice and biryani. Usually eaten along with a dry meat curry (that is a meat curry with no sauce) and plain white rice.