Tomato gojju

Ingredients

Tomatoes—9 to 10 (medium sized)

Wash and chop tomatoes into cubes.

Red chilli powder—1 teaspoon
Jeera powder—1 teaspoon
Coriander powder—1 teaspoon
Jaggery powder(Bella//gud)—1 tablespoon
Salt —to taste

For seasoning (oggarane)

Oil—3 tablespoon 

Mustard seeds (sasive)—1 teaspoon 

Jeera (jeerige//cumin seeds)—1 teaspoon 

Channa dhal (kadale belle)—1 tablespoon 

Urad  dhal (uddina belle)—1 tablespoon 

Turmeric powder (arisina//haldi)—1/2 teaspoon 

Asafoetida (hing//ingu)—1/2 teaspoon 

Curry leaves—few

Method 

Heat the oil in a kadai or pan,on medium flame.

Once hot enough add mustard seeds and jeera seeds.

Let them crackle.

Then add both the dhals,asafoetida.when dhals turns brown add turmeric powder and saute .

Add chopped tomatoes and stir well sprinkling little water.(just a dash of water).

Do not add too much water.

Cover with a lid  and  let tomatoes cook for 3 to 4 minutes.

Now add red chilli powder,jeera and coriander powder and keep stirring on medium flame.

Finally add jaggery powder and salt.

Cook for a few minutes until everything mixes well.

Don’t cook till tomatoes turns mushy.

Turn off the heat.

Now tomato gojju is ready to serve.

Serve with rice,chapattis,rotti.

This is a quick,simple and tasty dish .