Tomato Chokha
Tomato Chokha is perfect as a side or over dal and rice.
Though this is a simple recipe it’s a must to roast your tomatoes over fire in order to get that smoky flavour (you won’t have this when you roast them in the oven). As mentioned above, you can serve this Tomato Chokha with dal and rice, but it’s also great with naan, a stuffed roti or as a salsa over fish or even with tortilla crisps.
Roasting the tomatoes over fire is essential to get that smoky flavour!
Though this is a simple recipe it’s a must to roast your tomatoes over fire in order to get that smoky flavour (you won’t have this when you roast them in the oven). As mentioned above, you can serve this Tomato Chokha with dal and rice, but it’s also great with naan, a stuffed roti or as a salsa over fish or with tortilla chips.
>>Serve this Tomato Chokha with my Indian style Red Lentil Dal to make a complete meal!
Tomato Chokha
- Prep: 10 min
- Total: 15 min
Vegetables
Ingredients
- 1 small and 1 medium size tomato
- 1 garlic clove
- half of a small white onion
- half of yellow Madame Jeanette pepper (use less if you like it less spicy)
- 1 ½ tbsp of sunflower oil
- salt to taste
- squeeze of lemon juice (optional)
Instructions
- Roast the tomatoes on a grill or directly on the stove top until the skin gets charred evenly. The tomatoes should also be cooked from within. Then cover the tomatoes with some cling film so they can steam further. Remove the skin after the tomatoes have cooled down.
- While the tomatoes are cooling off. Finely chop up an onion and mince the garlic. Set this aside.
- In a pestle and mortar finely mince the Madame Jeannette pepper and then add the tomatoes. Roughly grind them and put this in a heatproof glass bowl. Then place the chopped onions and garlic on top.
- In a pan heat up the oil until it’s hot enough and pour it over the tomato, onions and garlic. The Chokha will sizzle and the onions and garlic will taste less raw after this step. Mix the Tomato Chokha and serve it with some rice and dal.
TIP: you can also add fresh coriander leaves or sprinkle some lemon juice.
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