Tomato Bharta| Ramadan Mubarak

Name: Tomato Bharta| Ramadan Mubarak
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 1 Person
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 0.33 Onion; 0.33 Tomato chopped; 1 Tomato pureed; 0.67 tsp Ginger garlic paste; 0.33 tbsp Cashew paste; 1 Green chilli; 0.67 tsp Kashmiri chilli powder; 0.33 tsp Garam masala; 0.33 tsp Kasuri methi; 0.08 tsp Turmeric; 0.17 tsp Sugar; 0.67 tsp butter; Salt; 0.33 chunk Charcoal; 0.67 tbsp oil; 0.33 Cinnamon; 0.33 Cardamom; 0.33 Clove; 0.33 tsp Cumin seeds; 0.67 tbsp Coriander leaves

TheStrollingFoodie @TheStrollingFoodie

Kolkata

Tomato bharta with smoky flavor infused from coal, butter to give a shortcut flavor of bharta. Restaurant style creamy side dish for chapati/ roti/ flatbreads.

TheStrollingFoodie @TheStrollingFoodie

Kolkata

Tomato bharta with smoky flavor infused from coal, butter to give a shortcut flavor of bharta. Restaurant style creamy side dish for chapati/ roti/ flatbreads.

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Ingredients

30 minutes

1 Person

0.33Onion
0.33Tomato chopped
1Tomato pureed
0.67 tspGinger garlic paste
0.33 tbspCashew paste
1Green chilli
0.67 tspKashmiri chilli powder
0.33 tspGaram masala
0.33 tspKasuri methi
0.08 tspTurmeric
0.17 tspSugar
0.67 tspbutter
Salt
0.33chunk Charcoal
To temper
0.67 tbspoil
0.33Cinnamon
0.33Cardamom
0.33Clove
0.33 tspCumin seeds
0.67 tbspCoriander leaves

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Steps

30 minutes

1

First garther the ingredients needed. Chop chilli, onion, tomato needed. Puree rest of the tomatoes.
2

Heat a pan with oil and temper with cumin seeds, cinnamon, clove and cardamom.
3

Add finely chopped chilli, onion and saute well till soft.
4

In goes 1 finely chopped tomato, 2 teaspoon of fresh ginger garlic paste and 1 tablespoon of cashew paste.
5

Tip in 2 teaspoon kashmiri red chilli powder, 1 teaspoon garam masala powder, ¼ teaspoon turmeric and 1 teaspoon kasuri methi powder.
6

Saute until oil oozes.
7

Pour in 3 tomatoes and mix well.
8

Add sugar, salt and cook covered for 3 mins.
9

Once shiny, pour 1 cup water. Mix well and simmer covered for 6 minutes. Stir in between to avoid burning.
10

Check the corn for doneness
11

Add cooking cream and cook furthermore for couple of minutes.
12

The texture should be creamy and thick.
13

To infuse smoky flavor: Take a small piece of charcoal and place over the stove flame.
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Let it burn and you could see reddish spots glowing (ember) over the coal.
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Place the coal in a small shallow bowl carefully using tongs.
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Keep the bowl inside the gravy and quickly add softened butter or ghee over the hot glowing coal.
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It will profusely smoke. Cover with a lid to capture the smoke.
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Let it infuse for 3-4 mins. The hot gravy will absorb the smoky smell and turns so flavorful.
19

Mix well to serve. Garnish with coriander leaves. #is