Green Tomatoes with Indian Spices

Submitted by PetsRus

"Serve this as part of an Indian dinner or as a vegetarian main course with rice. It is not easy to buy green tomatoes here, I have once tried to make this with red tomatoes, don't bother it will turn into a pulp, you want the tomatoes still in a chunky state when cooked. To my taste buds this is hot and spicy, adjust the heat to your own preference"

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 2-4

ingredients

• 1 lb green tomato, approx
• 1⁄4 cup oil (for frying)
• 1⁄2 teaspoon fenugreek seeds or 1/2 teaspoon cumin seed
• 1⁄2 teaspoon cumin seed
• 2 green chili peppers, seeded and finely chopped (or more)
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• 2 teaspoons ground coriander
• 1⁄2 teaspoon turmeric powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon mango powder or 1/2 tablespoon lemon juice
• salt
• sugar
• 2 cloves crushed garlic

directions

1. Wash and quarter the tomatoes, if they are very large, halve the quarters again.
2. Heat the oil in a wok or large frying pan; add the fenugreek and cumin seeds.
3. When they start to crackle add the tomatoes and green chilies, fry this for 2 minutes.
4. Add everything else except the garlic, stir, cover and cook for approx 6 minutes.
5. Uncover, add the garlic, turn up the heat and stir fry for 2/3 minutes, you will see that the oil which was separating first will now blend and make it more saucy together with the juices from the tomatoes.

Reviews

[mandabears]

I wish I could thank Pets's R'us for her wonderful recipe, but she passed away on 7/14/11, so sad. This recipe is delicious, I love green tomatoes and have trouble finding them commercially in the area where I live, but we visited a friend who had a ginormous vegetable garden full of green tomatoes that he did not want and I went home with at least 5 pounds. The recipe is easy to make and full of wonderful flavors, rich with spices and garlic, yum. A true keeper, whenever I can find some green tomatoes.

 

[Luna Hippie]

I love green tomatoes. This was excellent. I used cumin powder instead of cumin seeds the second time I made this cause the seeds burn & are bitter. This was excellent wrapped in rotis (Indian Flat Bread).

 

[Lovefusion]

I was less than thrilled with the flavor, though it smelled terrific. I think perhaps the fenugreek seeds were overcooked and bitter, but I do not know what they normally taste like.<br/><br/>I ended up adding potatoes to make the portions larger and a quarter cup of coconut milk to <br/>counteract the bitterness. I also used less oil, and cooked the tomatoes longer to soften to about cooked potato texture.<br/>I will try this one again, but be much more careful with the fenugreek!

 

[Lumberjackie]

This was very nice, and I'll definitely make it again. I found it to be too bitter when I first tasted it, but adding sugar and cooking the tomatoes down more helped. I reduced the oil to 3 tbsp. and will probably cut back to 2 tbsp. next time. Thanks!

 

[garrett_kelly]

Excellent! I found this recipe solely to use up some of my many green tomatoes, but I'll definitely be making it again. I agree that it's forgiving - I skipped the chili peppers, substituted .5 tspn cayenne for the chili powder, and used extra cumin instead of fenugreek. Yum!