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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                 Hyderabadi Mirchi ka salan

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Immunity Booster & weight loss Ginger & Lemon Green Tea

Immunity Booster & weight loss Ginger & Lemon Green Tea with youtube video, step by step pics and tips. This green tea is very healthy and tasty with lots & lots of health benefits.

Check this recipe in my youtube

https://youtu.be/OpU8BHlBBMI

 In this pandemic condition we all need to stay strong with good immunity power. We have many ingredients which are easily available in our kitchen & garden,with which we can stay strong. Just we have to know how to add it in our diet. Tulsi leaves are one which is easily available almost in every home, having tulsi leaves regularly will cures infections like flu, cold and boosts immunity system. This tea tastes bitter, grassy and strong, i added honey in it. You can add jaggery, brown sugar or sugar according to your taste. But i do not prefer adding those, if you are planning it have to for weight loss then add only honey. Do check tips for more useful information. 

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In the same way cloves,cinnamon & pepper corns  works effectively against bacterial infection. Lemon & ginger also good to increase our immune system, today i am talking about immune system so not sharing other health benefits. Honey is anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, anti-virus which helps in reducing weight when consumed it empty stomach with hot water. Coming to green tea -it builds metabolism, it burns extra fat, it is full of anti oxidants, by having it regularly we can reduce weight, yes we need also to proper work outs for good result :) . Do not boil green tea for long time, boil 1 or 2 minutes not longer than that. Finally adding elachi gives good flavor to tea, d't skip it.  I am not tea or coffee liking one, but green tea is one of my favorite. How to overcome this pandemic situation?? my personal opinion is - Not go out when we do not have work, wear mask and carry sanitizer always, and take proper food that increase your immunity system.  Hope this energy drink with 2 health benefits helps you to stay fit and strong.  

                                   Ginger & Lemon Green Tea 

Preparation time - 10 minutes

cook time : 10 min

Serves : 2 

Category : Beverages

Recipe Cuisine: Indian

Main ingredients : All ingredients are important 

Author : Aruna SarasChandra

   

Ingredients

Green tea - 1 tsp

ginger - 1 tsp(chopped) / 1 inch

lemon juice - 2 tsp

honey - 3 tsp

tulsi leaves - 10

black pepper corns  - 5

elachi - 1

cloves - 2

cinnamon stick - 1/4 inch

Instructions

1) Take mortar  & pestle add elachi, pepper corn crush it well.(do not add cinnamon stick and clove)

2) Now add ginger pieces and crush it well, keep that paste aside.

3) Add 1 & 1/2 glasses of water in a vessel, add above crushed ginger, elachi & corn paste. Mix everything well, also add cinnamon stick, cloves and tulsi leaves.(crush or chop tulsi leaves and then add)

4) Let the above well on low to medium flames till you get nice aroma. Then add green tea and boil for 1 minute not more than that.

5) You can nice color change ..

6) Take serving glasses add 1 tsp honey 

& 1 tsp of lemon juice in both glasses and mix it well.

7) Now strain prepared green tea and mix well.

That's it our ginger & lemon green tea is ready to serve. Serve hot and stay healthy :)

Tips

1) Do not crush cloves , it will make your tea strong and bitter.

2) Add lemon juice in less quantity, as it will make your tea taste sour.

3) Adjust all ingredients according to quantity you prepare. Measurements i shared is perfect for 2 glasses which i showed in pic, so plan accordingly.

4) Consume it in less quantity and hot to get more benefits. Having this tea in more quantity will leads to stomach burning.

5) Having green tea itself is not enough for weight loss, you have to follow good workouts too.

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                           cold cofee with coffee jelly (youtube link)

                                          Cold coffee with coffee jelly (blog link)

                   

                         sapota milkshake/ chikoo milkshake

                                Dry fruit lassi - 3 varieties

                            Dates and Banana Smoothie

                          Musk melon milk shake

                                        Mango mastani

                                     Mango falooda 

                        Sabja buttermilk

                    Mango lassi 

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Mor Kali || Mor Koozh || Tamil Nadu traditional Mor Kali recipe

Mor Kali / Mor Koozh with step by step pics and tips(will share youtube video soon). It is traditional Tamil Nadu recipe. It is very soft, melt in mouth and very tasty recipe which can be prepared in less time with less ingredients. Rice flour / rice batter and sour curd are 2 main ingredients to prepare this mor kali. Use bit sour curd to get good taste. We add sun dried chillies/ majjiga mirapakayalu in telugu/ mor molaga in Tamil/ majjigi menishinakayi in Kannada in this mor kali. It adds good taste to it. We can have it as breakfast or snack, i love to have it anytime.

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We can prepare mor kali using rice flour or rice batter which is prepared by soaking rice for 2 hours and then grinding it to fine paste. Today i am using rice flour to prepare this mor kali, it tasted very yummy. Do try it once, surely you will love it. You can have it as it or with any pickle, chutney or with any podi. Today i had this mor kali with grated mango pickle. Check out some podi and chutney recipes from my blog..

** Vangi bath powder/podi

** Bitter gourd podi / Kakarakaya podi

**Milagai podi for idli, dosa..

**Andhra kobbari karam podi

**Curry leaf powder / karivepaku podi

**Peanut powder/ palli podi

** karivepaku pachadi / curry leaves chutney

** Green tomato chutney

** Kobbari perugu pachadi/ coconut curd chutney

** Pudina coconut chutney

** coconut chutney

** Beerakaya thokku pachadi / ridge gourd peel chutney

Foodie Monday Blog Hop

Taking this easy and tasty Mor Kali to FoodieMondayBloghop fb group's #255DahiDelights 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. This week theme was suggested by one of my fav food blogger "Poonam Bachhav". She suggested two themes, in that any curd based recipes got high votes, so we bloggers are sharing recipes in which curd is the main ingredient.Today is her birthday "Many more happy returns of the day Poonam🎂". Do check out her space for wonderful recipes, i bookmarked her recent Dahi ke kebab, Lemon and raisins muffins, Pineapple upside down cake recipes. 

  

                                                                                  Mor Kali 

Preparation time - 10 minutes

cook time : 10 min

Serves : 2 

Category : Breakfast/snack

Recipe Cuisine: Tamil Nadu

Main ingredients : Rice flour, sour curd

Author : Aruna SarasChandra

   

Ingredients

Sour curd - 2 cup

rice flour - 1 cup

salt - as per taste

for tempering

Sesame seed oil  -  2+1 tsp( i used normal sunflower oil as sesame oil not available right now)

mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp

urad dal -1 tsp

curry leaves - 1 sprig

green chili - 3

red chili - 1

sun dried chili - 2+1

hing - 1 pinch

Instructions

1) Take sour curd in bowl, whisk it well. Add 2 cups of water and prepare buttermilk .

2) Take rice flour in a bowl, add whisked curd little by little and mix it well without any lumps. At last add remaining buttermilk and mix well. 

3) Rice + buttermilk mixture should be mixed without any lumps, batter should be very thin.

                                                

4) Take a square or round plate(i used my rectangle cake tin) add 1 tsp of oil, spread it well and keep it aside.

5) Heat oil in a pan, add all the ingredients mentioned in tempering and fry it well.

6) Now add prepared rice & buttermilk batter and mix it well.

7) Mix the above well on low flames by mixing continuously. Batter should become thick quickly, do remember to mix it well without any lumps. Do check the below pics..

8) When the batter starts leaving pan and become thick then switch off the flames.

9) Now transfer the above to previously greased plate /bowl and spread it equally. You can serve as it is or you can serve by cutting it into pieces.

10) Let the above cool for 10 min, apply oil to spoon or flat ladle, press it lightly on the top to get clear texture and cut it into pieces.

Take mor kali pieces out carefully, that's it our Mor Kali is ready to serve. Serve it with any pickle, podi or chutney and enjoy your day.

Tips

** Use sour curd to get good taste.

** If sun dried chili not available skip it.

** Serve it hot as it is or by cutting it into cubes.

Also check some breakfast and podi recipes by just clicking the link below pic..

                     

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       Peanut / ground nut powder

              Curry leaf powder

                   Andhra kobbari karam podi

                           

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                                   Oats & dalia upma

                     Oats Ven Pongal

Pongal

                                                    Pundi / Undi

                                     Uggani bajji

              
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