Tomato Bhujia- Easy Suhoor/ Sehri Recipe

TOMATO BHUJIA

Easy sweet and sour vegetarian meal perfect for breakfast, lunch, quick dinner or a protein filled sahoor/sehri.

Ingredients

1/2 kg  Tomatoes finely chopped or blended ( check Note)

1 tsp Salt

1 tsp Sugar

6 whole red round chilies ( dry)

4 tbsp oil 

1tbsp White vinegar

1/2tsp mustard black seeds (Rai)

1tsp Cumin seeds 

1tsp Garlic chopped

1tsp Red chilli powder or to taste

1tsp Paprika ( to give beautiful red colour without making it spicy)

1 or 2 sprigs Curry leaves

4 to 6 Boiled eggs 

Method:

1. Heat oil in a deep wok, add your chopped garlic, cumin, mustard seeds, whole red chillies, curry leaves.
2. When the garlic begins to turn brown and seeds and curry leaves start to splutter add finely chopped/ blended tomatoes. Fry on high heat for 2 mins. Add a couple of tablespoons of water if needed.
3. Next add vinegar, sugar,salt, chilly powder,paprika. Cook on medium flame until water dries, tomatoes are nicely cooked and oil floats on top.
4. Once you are happy with the consistency of the curry add whole boiled eggs or cut them in half. Cool for another 30 seconds or so to warm up the eggs.
5. Garnish with chopped corriander and serve with warm rotis or parathas.

Variation: you can have it with fried Paneer cubes instead of boiled eggs too. 

Note: you can easily substitute tomatoes with a small pack ( around 100 gms) of tomato paste and 1/2 cup water to dilute it and bring to curry consistency.