April 20, 2009
Curd Rice/Dhadojanam is one of the popular offerings to god in many festivals,this dish is very similar to our curd rice but we add little tadka to give ...
edit About Tomato
Tomatoes are a vine fruit native to South America, and like the potato and eggplant, are members of the nightshade family. By the time European explorers arrived in the New World, tomatoes had made their way up from Central America and Mexico. The Spanish brought plants back to Spain, but it took some time for the fruit to be accepted as it was considered, as were many nightshade plants, poisonous. Some considered the fruit an aphrodisiac, and the French called them "pommes d'amour" or "love apples". It wasn't until the 1900s that tomatoes became popular in the United States. Today, the fruit - commonly referred to as a vegetable - is considered a favorite amongst Americans.
There are dozens of tomato varieties in various sizes and colors. The most common found in American supermarkets in the beefsteak tomato, a large and bright red fruit. Other popular varieties include plum or Roma tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, yellow pear tomatoes, etc.
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Recipes With Tomato
Lettuce and Tomato Salad
Lettuce, Tomatoes
Lettuce, Tomatoes
Mushrooms Nicoise
Parsley, Pepper, Salt, Tomatoes, Vegetable Oil
Parsley, Pepper, Salt, Tomatoes, Vegetable Oil
Mexican Pasta Bake
Black Bean, Ground Beef, Tomatoes
Black Bean, Ground Beef, Tomatoes
Guacamole Bean Tacos
Cheddar Cheese, Onion, Tomatoes
Cheddar Cheese, Onion, Tomatoes
Left-Overs Rolls Surprise
Capsicums, Cucumber, Onion, Tomato
Capsicums, Cucumber, Onion, Tomato
Recommended Pairings With Tomato
Other Names: Tomatoes, 番茄 (Chinese), الطماطم (Arabic), Tomate (Portuguese), Tomate (French), Tomate (Spanish) All Translations
Edited by: Jesse Dawson, Rhonda, Aaron Krill, Karlyn Oyama, Curtis E. Stimpson, Barnaby Dorfman, Sheri Wetherell, Barnaby Dorfman, JenWaller
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The tomato (''Solanum lycopersicum'') is a herbaceous, usually sprawling plant in the nightshade family that is typically cultivated for its edible fruit. Savory in flavor (and accordingly termed a vegetable; see below), the fruit of most varieties ripens to a distinctive red color. Tomato plants typically reach to in height, and have a weak, woody stem that often vines over other plants. The leaves are long, odd pinnate, with 5–9 leaflets on petioles,Acquaah, G. (2002). ''Horticulture: Principles and Practices.'' New Jersey: Prentice Hall. each leaflet up to long, with a serrated margin; both the stem and leaves are densely glandular-hairy. The flowers are across, yellow, with five pointed lobes on the corolla; they are borne in a cyme of 3–12 together. It is a perennial, often grown outdoors in temperate climates as an annual.
