Tomato Pulusu Recipe | How to make Tomato Pulusu | Thakkali Kuzumbu (Chettinad Style)

Hi friends, Thank you friends for visiting my website. Toady's recipe is tomato pulusu or thakkali kuzumbu. I have learned this from Sirisha my cousin. She prepared it when I visit her, I liked the taste. The tangy taste of tomatoes with combined taste of other condiments, it gave a different taste. I never knew about it before that. After coming home I too tried thakkali kuzumbu and everyone at home liked very much. So from then onwards tomato pulusu also included in my menu. Thanks to internet I came to know that this is a Chettinad recipe. The recipe is called as chettinad thakkali kulambu. It is one of the best chettinad recipes. Even Sirisha also didn't know that :)
We can make rice, curry, dal, pachadi with tomatoes.
You can check out for other recipes with tomatoes here like.
Tomato Rice
Bagara Tomato
Tomato dal
Kuzambu or pulusu we Telugu people call it. The kuzumbu recipe does not require any dal. In my family circles there were so many recipes which we have embraced and adapted from other states and our generation doesn't even know that they are from other states. Recipes like Bisi Bele Bath, Avial and tomato kuzumbu are among them.

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Tomato Pulusu Recipe | How to make Tomato Pulusu | Thakkali Kuzumbu (Chettinad Style)
Author: Sailaja Angara
Preparation Time: 10 M
Cooking time: 15 M
Servings: 6 People

The best accompaniment for hot piping rice.

Ingredients:

5 to 7 Tomatoes

1 Onion

Salt to Taste

1 Tsp Turmeric Powder

1/2 Tsp Hing

1 Tbsp Coriander Seeds

1 Tsp Cumin Seeds

1 Tbsp coconut

1/2 Tbsp Chana Dal/Bengal Gram

1 small onion

5 to 7 Red Chillies

1 Tbsp Oil

1 Tsp Mustard Seeds

5 to 6 Curry Leaves

Procedure:

1. Chop onions into length wise and chop tomatoes.
2. Heat oil in a pan, add chana dal.
3. Fry till the dal turns light brown.
4. Add coriander seeds, cumin seeds, and red chillis.
5. Fry them also till they turn light brown.
6. Then add onions and fry them too till the raw smell goes off.
7. Lastly add coconut and fry them till the moisture goes off.
8. Allow this masala to cool completely.
9. Grind it to make a smooth paste.
10. Heat oil in another kadai or thick bottomed pan.
11. Add onions and saute them till they turn translucent.
12. Add tomatoes and fry them till they become soft.
13. Add turmeric powder and salt.
14. Add 1 cup water and allow tomatoes and onions cook completely.
15. Once tomatoes and onions cooked completley, add the above grinded masala.
16. Mix it well and Let this cook for another 5 minutes.
17. In another kadai, heat oil.
18. Add mustard seeds, curry leaves and hing.
19. Let them splutter, add the tadka to the above kuzumbu.
20. Allow the kuzumbu to cook for another 2 to 3 minutes.
21. Serve tomato pulusu or thakkali kuzumbu (Chettinad style) with hot pipiing rice.