Tomato 🍅 Gothsu
One can come up with many variaitions of the simple gothsu , with onons , with tomatoes and onions, with brinjals , so many varieties from the simple plain to the more elaborate . Each one has its unique taste and flavour and depending on ones convenience we can prepare any variety for a deilcious side dish to go with idli, dosa, pongal . While the ubiquitous sambar is a given by default with such tiffin , we can bring a welcome and a delicious change in the accompaniment for idli , dosa, pongal, poori or chapati. One may crave for a simple quick solution for a side dish especially for evening tiffin when one is not much inclined to go for more processing work . Then such dishes come handy .
Tomato 🍅 Gothsu is My fav way to prepare a dish with tomatoes 🍅 and a simple coconut chili paste .
Ingredients
3-4 medium ripe tomatoes 🍅
2 onions 🧅
finely chopped 2-3 green chilies
1/4 cup grated coconut 🥥
2 tbsp fried gram
Salt
1 tsp oil
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
1/2 tsp split udad dal
Few curry leaves 🍃
Chopped coriander leaves for garnish
Method
Boil or pressure cook tomatoes with some chopped onions
Allow to cool , peel tomatoes skins
Blend to purée with the cooked onions
Keep aside .
In a pan add oil , prepare tempering, add curry leaves, chopped onions, sautee till translucent, add the tomatoes onion purée , turmeric powder , cover and cook till thickening ,
meanwhile grind 1/2 or 1/4 cup coconut with fried gram , green chilies to smooth paste .
Add this paste to the tomatoes onion mixture , dilute if needed . Adjust salt , Keep consistency little thin .
Garnish with chopped coriander leaves, serve with idlis , dosa , poori or chapatis.
Watch my youtube video for the making of this yummy side dish . Consider subscribing to my channel for regular uploads .
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