Ingredients

• 1 cup - tomato, finely chopped
• 4 - green chillies, slit
• 2 tbsp - lime juice
• 2 tbsp - coriander leaves, chopped
• 2 tbsp - ghee or oil
• 2 tsp - garlic, chopped and crushed
• 1 tsp - mustard
• 1/2 tsp - cumin seeds
• 1/2 tsp - pepper, crushed
• 1 tbsp - jaggery, powdered
• few curry leaves
• salt to taste

How to Make Tomato Saaru

• Heat the ghee or oil in a thick pan. Add mustard and cumin.
• When they splutter, add garlic and pepper. Fry till the garlic turns golden brown.
• Add tomato and fry stirring and crushing, till it is reduced to a thick pulp.
• Add 6 cups of water, green chillies, curry leaves, salt and jaggery.
• When it begins to boil, reduce the heat and simmer for 5 mins.
• Remove from heat. Add lime juice and coriander leaves. Serve hot.