tomato saar

Tomato saar			No. of Portions	100
Ingredients	QTY	Unit
Tomato	20	Kg
Ginger	150	Gm
Peppercorns	50	Gm
Cinnamon	50	Gm
Green chilly	50	Gm
Red chilly powder	50	Gm
Salt	50	Gm
Coconut	5	No.
Pure ghee	500	Gm
Cumin seeds	50	Gm
Green coriander	2	Bunch
Sugar	50	Gm

Prepreps

1.	Wash and cut tomatoes in quarters. Add chopped green chilly, crushed peppercorns, cinnamon and ginger paste. Add water if required and boil.
	Add salt and red chilly powder half way through. When cooked well, remove from flame and puree. Strain and retain the liquid.
Method	Grate coconuts, grind and extract milk.
	Heat tomato extract. Add coconut milk and sugar. Adjust seasonings. Remove from flame.
	Heat pure ghee and add crushed cumin seeds. Pour this tempering over puree. Garnish with green coriander and serve hot.

Note:

250 gm rice flour mixed with water could be used instead of coconut milk. Allow it to cook well and thicken before tempering.

Standard

A thick soup like consistency tomato puree, reddish orange in color flavored with coconut milk, mildly pungent, sweet and sour in tastem, with a distinct flavor of cumin.