This is my post after almost a month, cos I didn’t have anything substantial to write. Suddenly an idea struck to me to write a little bit about my other hobby (hobby out of compulsion) and that is Cooking. Thou I am still a Learner and haven’t got my permanent license yet, some of my experiments do turn out well and i get praises from few, apart from the only victim of my so called culinary skills, my Hubby.
Yesterday being an Sunday and having bunked college, I had all the time to prepare for a perfect lunch consisting of Pakhala, Machha fry (bhaja) and Mashed Alu with badi chura. Later in the evening our friends were to come, so on demand of hubby, I prepared one of the most unique and easiest dish of Oriya household.
Tomato- Khajuri Khatta, which normally acts as a side dish with dal, rice and vegetable fry else it can be taken alone with Vegetable Pulav. Below I have tried to give my version of the khatta.
Tomato- Khajuri Khatta. (For 4, Preparation time: 10 mins)
Ingredients:
4-6 juicy Tomatoes
4-6 pieces of seedless dates (Khajur)
3 tbsp jaggery
Pinch of salt
½ tsp chilli powder
½ tsp mustard seeds (sorisa), cumin seeds (jeera) and fennel (saunf) mixed
1 tsp cooking oil
Preparation:
Cut the tomatoes into small pieces.
Heat the oil in the kadhai and put in the mustard seeds, jeera and saunf
Then add the chopped tomatoes and the salt
Fry till tomatoes become soft.
Add in the jaggery, dates and chilli powder.
Cook in medium heat till the tomatoes are boiled completely & gravy becomes thick.
Serve it hot /cold. Anything will do.
Enjoy Cooking !!!
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