Onion and Tomato curry base || How to make basic onion and tomato gravy for curries

Onion and tomato curry base recipe with step by step pics and tips( will share video soon). This curry base is very tasty, spicy and aromatic. When i was child i was wondered how in hotels they prepare food that much quickly when we order😀. I know not many, few of us have same doubt , here is the answer. They prepare different types of gravy base ready, when food is ordered they use the gravy and main ingredients accordingly and prepare dish, is't it super quick and easy.

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 Today i am sharing one of popular curry base which we use regularly, that is onion tomato curry base. Both onions and tomatoes are always available at home, we can prepare it easily in any conditions. Use kashmiri red chili powder if available, it gives good color to the  curry. It is very easy to prepare any tough curries like 

** Kabuli chana curry(video), 

** kaju curry

** Punjabi dum aloo & paneer gravy curries if this gravy is ready.

 For example if you are preparing Kabuli chana curry, then soak kabuli chana for 8 hrs or overnight, boil it, add this curry base in some oil fry it and boiled kabuli chana in it. Cook it well by adjusting spices or you can also add kaju paste or cream at end while serving that's it. I even love to have this onion tomato curry base as spread on my masala dosa, it just taste yummy, try it once 😋😍. I stored this for 5 days in refrigerator, you can easily store it for a week, make sure that base is cooked well and container you stored is dry.

                                  Kabuli chana curry(video)

Foodie Monday Blog Hop 

Taking this recipe to Foodie Monday Blog Hop fb group's #256DesiBaseCurries theme.By this time you are all aware that i am part of this lovely group where we bloggers share recipe for theme suggested by a person in alphabetical order every week.  Today's theme was suggested Preethi ji, theme is to prepare any curry base. Preethi ji  is very talented chef do like her space for very tasty recipes from different regions. I bookmarked many of her many recipes to try, in that pistachio coated dry fruits seeds ball is my favorite. Also liked her Eggless chocolate cake, which is very tempting, also check her today's Onion and coconut curry base.

                               

  

                                   Onion Tomato Curry Base

Preparation time - 20 minutes

Serves : 1 bowl

Category : curries

Recipe Cuisine: Indian 

Main ingredients : onion & tomato

Author : Aruna SarasChandra

   

Ingredients

Onions - 3 big

Tomato - 3 

Oil - 1/2 cup

turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

kashmiri red chilli powder - 1 tsp

coriander powder - 1 tsp

roasted cumin powder -1/2 tsp

garam masala powder - 1/2 tsp

ginger - 1 inch

garlic - 3 pods ( i did not used)

salt as per taste

Instructions

1) Finely chop onions and keep it aside. Heat oil in a pan add cumin seeds, let it fry well then add finely chopped onion and pinch of salt. Let it fry on low flames till it changes color.

2) Add finely chopped tomatoes, ginger & garlic (i did not used used) , grind it to fine paste.

3) Check onions, make sure that onions are well to golden color.

4) Now add turmeric powder, kashmiri red chilli powder, coriander and jeera powder, garam masala and salt. You can also use normal red chili powder too.

5) Now add tomato puree and mix everything well. I added some in mixer jar, as puree was left in it.

6) Cover the lid and cook it on low flames for 10 to 15 minutes till oil oozes out. Do mix it occasionally, in order to avoid burning on bottom.

That's it our onion tomato gravy curry base is ready, store it in clean container and store it in refrigerator. 

Tips

** Make sure that onions are fried well .

** Do cook onion and tomato mix well, so that we can store it for long time.

** I prefer to add kasuri methi, kaju paste or cream while cooking recipes. As we will get good creamy, fresh and aromatic flavors.

** We can use it as spread on dosa's or as curry for roti's, pulka's,or as spread on masala dosa or as gravy for curries.

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Omapodi || Karapusa || Sev, how to prepare Omapodi recipe

Today's recipe is one of my favorite snack - Omapodi || Karampusa || Sev. It is very crispy, aromatic and tasty snack looks like thin crunchy noodles prepared using gram flour/ besan / senaga pindi. It is very easy to prepare at home freshly in less time. Ajwain seeds are also known as vamu in Telugu, Omam in Tamil, Oma in Kannada.  The main flavors of this omapodi recipe is from ajwain seeds / vamu / carom seeds. If you want to prepare plain sev then simply skip adding carom/ajwain seeds. I always prefer adding this ajwain seeds while preparing sev as it adds more taste and flavor to plain sev, rice flour is added to keep sev crisp for long time. Sev is basic snack recipe that we use it in preparation of many snack and chaat item like dal moth, bhel poori, pani poori, papad chaat etc., many more recipes in my list to share with you all. I have many childhood memories with this sev recipe, my Balu doddappa use to prepare this sev for their hotel, i use to see how he prepare this crunchy besan noodles and enjoy eating hot sev 😍😋. Also check other snack recipe like 
peanut masala chaat 
corn flakes chivda
masala chickpeas
spicy masala peanuts

If we add ajwain seeds directly while mixing flour it will struck in small holes of pressing machine plates. So there are few different ways we can use ajwain seeds. Few method which i know are :

1) Fry ajwain/carom seeds grind to fine powder add hot water and set it for 10 minutes then strain the ajwain water and use  that ajwain water while mixing dough(i prefer this way).
2) Fry vamu / ajwain seeds and soak it in hot water for minimum 10  minutes, strain it and use that water.
3) Fry ajwain seeds and grind it till you get fine powder by adding besan flour then sieve the flour and mix it with remaining flour and prepare smooth dough. This is time taking process but can get full flavors of ajwain in omapodi.

You can follow any of the above process to make this omapodi || sev recipe. Just make sure that dough is not thick it must be smooth then only you can spread sev easily in oil. I used pistol model murukku machine, you can use any type of machine available with u. But make sure that you are using small holes plate as sev taste yummy if it is thin :) .

Let's start recipe...


                           Omapodi || Sev recipe


  


Preparation Time : 5 minutes
Cook Time : 15 minutes
Serves : 1 bottle, more than 250gms
Category : Snacks
Recipe Cuisine: Indian
Main ingredients : Besan flour / gramflour / senagapindi
Author : Aruna SarasChandra

   



Ingredients

Besan/gram flour/ senagapindi - 2 1/2 glass

rice flour - 1 glass

ajwain seeds - 3 tsp

red chilli powder - 1 tsp

turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

hing - 1 pinch

butter - 1 tsp(melted)

salt as per taste

oil- to deep fry + 1 tsp

curry leaves - 1 sprig

Instructions

1) Heat water and fry ajwain seeds / vamu in a pan till you get nice aroma, let it cool for a some time. Then powder it finely in mixer jar or crush it using motor pistle and soak it in hot water for 10 minutes.

2)Heat oil in a pan on low flames, sieve both besan and rice flours in a wide bowl then add red chilli, turmeric powders, salt ,hing and mix everything well.

3) Now filter ajwain seeds water and add to the above flours along with melted butter , hot oil and mix it to smooth non sticky dough.(**check tips)

4) Grease oil inside pressing machine, place small holes plate  and fill dough in pressing machine as shown below.

5) Make sure oil is heat, drop some dough in oil if it comes up immediately then ur ready to drop sev. Rotate pressing machine by pressing it as shown below.

 6)  After dropping sev fry it on low-medium flames for few seconds then flip to other direction fry till you feel its crisp and take it into bowl which contain holes or place it on tissue paper. Repeat the same process for remaining dough.

At last fry curry leaves in oil till it becomes crisp and add it into sev. Thats it crispy, aromatic and tasty Omapodi || sev is ready to serve. It is travel friendly snack to, you can have as it is or pair it with any snack item. Prepare this Omapodi freshly at home and enjoy with your family 😍.

                     

Tips

** Sieve both the  flours before preparing dough, so that you can mix dough easily without any lumps.

** Make sure that dough is smooth, if you feel it hard after some time while preparing sev, sprinkle some water and make dough smooth again.

** Make sure that oil is not too heat or less heat maintain constant temperature. 

** you can skip adding red chilli powder, sev color depends on the type of red chilli powder you are using. Today i used kashmiri red chilli powder so sev came bit red in color.

** You can add ginger garlic paste if you like that flavor.

Also check other snacks by clicking the link below pic..

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                                          Paneer Tikka

 

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Gujarat hi Methi Masala Khakhra

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