This recipe is normal one .Making this curry with tender amaranthus leaves is best for good taste.Adding tomatoes gives little bit sourness to the curry.Some people feels that eating amaranthus(thotakura ) is equal to eating grass.They do not like to eat plain amaranthus that type of persons may like to eat this recipe because of adding tomatoes and more garlic cloves.
Ingredients
amaranthus leaves | 2 cups |
tomato | 2 |
onion | 1 |
green chillies | 3 |
oil | 1 spoon |
mustard seeds | 1/4 spoon |
cumin seeds | 1/4 spoon |
chanda dal | 1/2 spoon |
curry leaves | few |
turmeric | pinch |
salt | to taste |
red chiili powder | 1/2 spoon |
dry chillies | 2 |
garlic cloves | 5 |
Preparation
Wash amaranthus with water and soak in salt added water for 20 minutes.
Then cut amaranthus into small pieces.
Take a cooking vessel and add amaranthus leaves pieces and 2 cups of water,1/4 spoon of salt and cook till amaranthus become tender.
Wash tomatoes,onion and green chillies and cut into small pieces.
Remove layer of garlic cloves.
Method
1.Take a cooking vessel or kadai.Put it on the flame.
2.When kadai is heated add oil.
3.When oil is heated then add mustard seeds.When mustard seeds started to splutter then add dry chilli pieces and cumin seeds and fry for 1 minute.
4.Add chana dal and fry till dal become golden colour.
5.Then add garlic cloves and fry for 1 minute.
6.Add curry leaves.Immediately add finely chopped onion and green chilli pieces.
7.fry for 4 to 5 minutes in low or medium flame.
8.Add tomatoes.saute it.
9.Take a mixing bowl and add boiled amaranthus pieces,salt,turmeric,and red chilli power and mix all well.
10.Add this in to the curry when tomtoes are semi cooked.
11.Stir well.and fry for 5 minutes.
12.Taste the curry if salt is enough or not.
13.If not add some more salt and saute the curry and put off the flame.
14.Amaranthus tomato fry is ready to eat with steam rice....Enjoy..
Keep in the mind
Take special care to when you wash green leaf vegetables.Compulsory soak in crystal salt added water for 15 to 20 minutes.
Adding tomatoes are option.
Be careful when frying garlic cloves.they may be splutter and jumped up from the oil if not remove the layer properly or not crushed correctly.
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