Cherry Tomato Curry - Shobha Shenoy

Cherry Tomato Curry - Shobha Shenoy

Recipe :

Ingredients

• 1kg cherry tomatoes
• 2 red onions
• 2 large tomatoes
• 10-12 cashew nuts (in broken pieces)
• 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
• 4 garlic cloves
• 1 inch ginger
• 1 tablespoon plain flour
• 1 teaspoon red chilli powder
• ½ teaspoon turmeric powder
• 2 teaspoon coriander powder
• ½ spoon of garam masala powder
• 3 tablespoon oil
• 1 tablespoon chopped coriander leaves
• Water as needed
• Salt to taste

Method:

• Chop the onions and tomatoes finely.
• Peel the ginger and chop it. Chop the garlic.
• Heat a tablespoon oil in a pan. Add the chopped ginger and garlic. Sauté for a minute.
• Add the chopped onions and sauté until it gets transparent.
• Add the plain flour and keep stirring. Now add chopped tomatoes and cashew nuts and cook for 3-4 mins.
• Blend this cooked mixture to make smooth paste for the gravy with adding some water.
• Poke the cherry tomatoes with toothpick, so the gravy can go inside to the cherry tomatoes.
• Heat the remaining oil in a pan and add cumin seeds. When cumin seeds crackle, add the cherry tomatoes. Stir them for 2 mins on medium heat.
• Add the red chilli powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder, garam masala powder and salt and stir for a minute. 
• Add the onion and tomato paste with some water and bring the cherry tomato curry to 
• boil. Simmer the curry for 5 mins.
• Finally turn off the heat and garnish cherry tomato curry with chopped coriander.
• Serve the cherry tomato curry recipe hot or warm with any rice or chapatti.