Tomato sagu-Side dish for idly/chapathi
By: Harini Mukundhan
Published: Tuesday, January 7, 2014 - 2:37am

Ingredients




3-4 medium sized tomatoes
1 large onion
4 dried red chillies
1 tablespoon roasted gram
1 teaspoon coriander powder
2 teaspoons shredded coconut
1 teaspoon cumin seeds
Cilantro for garnishing
Salt
Oil

Preparation

1 Wash and puree the tomatoes. 2 In a kadai add 2 teaspoons oil and roast cumin,red chillies and coriander powder.Grind coarsely along with coconut and roasted dal 3 In the same kadai,saute the thinly sliced onions until translucent. 4 Add the ground masala and saute well till nice aroma comes out. 5 Add the ground masala and saute well till nice aroma comes out. 6 Cook till the gravy thickens for about 7-10 minutes 7 Serve hot

About

Preparing a tasty side dish is more complicated than the main dish itself :). Same old chutneys and gravies are not only boring to eat but to cook too,right.Day before yesterday when I kneaded the dough for chapathi for our dinner I was so bored to make usual dal or north Indian gravies I always make.I wanted something really simple,quick and tasty too.When I was flipping through my favorite cook book(Mallika Badrinath) I found this simple recipe ,tomato sagu.Sagu generally means a gravy or side dish I guess.The recipe looked very easy to prepare that too with my favorite ingredient -tomato.I made it more spicy than mentioned in the recipe and it was great with chapathis.I made a simple and yummy raita with the left over next day and that tasted even better.Try this very tasty one.