I saw this tomato kurma recipe in a tamil magazine which was Chef Damus Recipe …..It was given as a sidedish for appam and I was way too tempted to try it as I wanted to try tomato kurma since long. Amma makes thakkali kuzhambu but a kurma with tomatoes as a major ingredient is something new to me…..I loved it a lot inspite of the chunky tomato pieces, the flavour was soo good. I am sure this is going to be often in my menu hereafter.I will sure post thakkali kuzhambu recipe soon.
I served it with idiyappam for breakfast and had it with dosa for dinner, it makes a great combo with idli, dosa, chapathi, idiyappam and even appam.That plate of goodness with idiyappam and tomato kurma was wiped clean by me 🙂 Now lets get on to learn how to make tomato kurma.
Tomato Kurma Recipe – Ingredients
Preparation Time : 20 mins | Cooking Time : 20 mins / toast | Serves : 2
Recipe Category: Sidedish | Recipe Cuisine: South Indian
Recipe Category: Sidedish | Recipe Cuisine: South Indian
Tomato – 3 big sized roughly chopped
Onion – 1 medium sized chopped finely
Red Chilli powder – 1 tsp
Coriander powder – 1/2 tsp
Coriander leaves – 2 tsp finely chopped
Salt – to taste
To grind to a paste:
Coconut – 1/4 cup
Fennel Seeds – 3/4 tsp
Ginger – 1/4 inch piece
Green Chillies – 1
Roasted gram – 1 tbsp
Poppy seeds – 1 tsp
To temper:
Cooking oil – 3 tsp
Cinnamon – 1/4 inch
Cloves – 2
Cardamom – 1
Garlic – 1 tbsp
Method:
- In a mixer add all the ingredients listed under ‘to grind’ along with little water and grind to a smooth paste.Set aside.Heat oil in a pan – add the ingredients listed under ‘to temper’ let it splutter.
- Then add garlic let it slightly brown, then add onion and fry till golden brown.Then add tomatoes and fry till mushy.
- Keep cooking till raw smell of tomatoes leave.Then add red chilli and coriander powders with little water and let it boil for few mins.
- Then add the coconut paste and let it boil(add water if consistency is thick).While oil separates, garnish with coriander leaves and switch off.
Serve with idiyappam / idli or dosa.
My Notes:
- Make sure you saute tomatoes till raw smell leaves.
- The orginal recipe called for more coconut(1/2 cup) but I reduced coconut and added more tomatoes instead. As per the orginal recipe, the colour the kurma is light orange but since I added more tomatoes and also the variety of tomatoes I used was deep red I got a deep orange color kurma which I am really happy about as it is very appealing…Isnt it?! 🙂
- The spices should be subtle so don’t add more than the mentioned amount.
AparnaRajeshkumar
indeed delicious.. and loved the plate and side jar combo .. too good
Veena Theagarajan
looks yum! love the presentation
Ramya Krishnamurthy
yummy
Sangeetha M
My fav side for idlis…Chef Damus recipes never fail..love the deep color, really appealing 🙂 the bowl n plate looks so pretty…nice 🙂
Hamaree Rasoi
This is the kind of kurmas that I would love to have with idlis, dosa and just plain rice as you have presented.
Deepa
SHARMILEE J
Thank you Deepa but thats idiyappam not rice 😛
M D
Wow! That Thakkali kurma looks yum and delicious!
Arjunan Akilandeswari
Had this yesterday for rice… Nice clicks
momsince27
Hey, I used to fry the tomatoes with whatever you have given under to grind and then grind them, that is, with tomatoes. Rest all same. Will try your version 🙂
Poornima Porchelvan
Kurma looks very tempting and perfect clicks as always.
anr
Can we peel the skin of tomatoes or grind the tomatoes and add?
SHARMILEE J
Yes you can add grinded tomatoes too but it will alter the flavour of the kurma though slightly….Give a try and do let me know the feedback 🙂
anr
Tried the version of grinding the tomatoes. Was skeptical about the flavor and taste, but it came out well:). The only thing is it was in light orange color:( that was ok ok:). Thanks for such a wonderful recipe
anr
Tried the grinding version:) was skeptical about the flavor, bt it really turned out well:) the only one thing was it was slightly in orange color:)
v.s.banu
Very colourful.. like to hav wit idiyappam..
Anita Bobby
hi…i am relatively new to cooking……there are some dishes which catch my eye and i love to try them out….ur tomato kuruma was soo visually appealing that i just had to giv it a try….unfortunately it went wrong…..can u help me out here…..u mentioned (in the ingredients to grind) fennel seeds….but not the quantity….i was not sure wat to do…how much is required really….becoz i think thats where the problem lay….i followed everything else to the last letter…..pls help…..i do so want to try it again…
SHARMILEE J
I missed it…but as you can see in the steps its very little 1/2-3/4 tsp will be ok to go…Hope this helps!
Anita Bobby
Thank u so much….am sure it will help…coz I guess thats where I went wrong…..I used an entire tablespoon?….the taste was too strong..kind of bitter or something….
Meeeeee
Tried this recipe.. Turned out great 🙂
Eswarprasath Jayaraman
Tried this today. It came out very well. Thank You!
viji
Nizzz recipe.. Came out very well…thankyu 🙂