Stuffed Tomatoes Recipe No. 1

Name: Stuffed Tomatoes
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: ¼oz (7 g) ginger (adrak); 1oz (30 g) finely-chopped onions; 1oz (30 g) ghee; 1 teaspoonful sugar; 1 teaspoonful salt; 2 green chillies (sabz mirch); 3 ozs (85 g) diced cooked carrots (gajjar); 3 ozs (85 g) shelled cooked peas (matar ka dana); 3 ozs (85 g) diced fried panir (Indian cream cheese) or potatoes; A pinch of black pepper; 1 dessertspoonful fresh coriander leaves; 1 dessertspoonful mint leaves with the stems (podina); ¼ teaspoonful garam masala; ¼ teaspoonful red pepper; 5 tablespoonfuls water; ¼ teaspoonful salt; 1½ ozs (40 g) flour

Preparation info

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Mrs. Balbir Singh's Indian Cookery

By Mrs Balbir Singh

Published 1961

About

Tomatoes are stuffed with a mixture consisting of vegetables and panir (Indian cream cheese) and are fried after dipping into batter.

Ingredients

Ingredients for the stuffing 6 tomatoes

3 ozs (85 g) shelled cooked peas (matar ka dana)
3

Asia
India
Dinner
Vegetarian
Spicy

Method

Cut off a slice from the top of each tomato and keep it aside. Scoop out the pulp and drain off the tomatoes by laying them upside down. Chop the onions finely.

Heat the ghee, and fry the onions lightly. Add sieved tomato pulp and cook until dry. Then add the sugar, cooked peas, diced carrots, fried panir or potatoes, salt, red pepper, garam masala, finely-chopped coria