--- title: "Stewed Tomatoes" description: "Shorvedar timatar, a wet Indian tomato dish with cumin, garlic, and green chillies, best made in summer when tomatoes are plentiful." url: "https://briansunter.com/recipes/stewed-tomatoes" --- # Stewed Tomatoes Shorvedar timatar, a wet Indian tomato dish with cumin, garlic, and green chillies, best made in summer when tomatoes are plentiful. 12 min 4 servings side tomato indian vegetarian Scale Units ## Ingredients - 1400 gram tomatoes - 3 tbsp vegetable oil - 0.50 tsp cumin seeds - 3 garlic cloves - 110 gram onion - 1.50 green chillies - 1 tsp fresh ginger - 1 tsp salt - 1 tsp sugar ## Equipment - pot ## Instructions 1 Drop the 700 gram tomatoes into a pot of rapidly boiling water for 15 seconds . Drain, rinse under cold water and peel. Core the tomatoes and cut them into roughly 2.5 cm cubes. 2 Heat the 3 tbsp vegetable oil in a medium-sized pot over a medium flame. When hot, put in the 0.50 tsp cumin seeds . A few seconds later, put in the 3 garlic cloves , peeled and very finely chopped. Let the garlic pieces turn a golden colour. Now put in the 110 gram onion , peeled and chopped, and the 1.50 green chillies , finely sliced with seeds. Stir and saute for about 2 minutes . Now put in the 700 gram tomatoes , 1 tsp fresh ginger , peeled and very finely grated, 1 tsp salt , and 1 tsp sugar , preferably brown sugar. Bring to the boil. 3 Cover, leaving the lid slightly ajar, reduce the heat to low and simmer for about 10 minutes , or until the tomatoes are just tender. Note This is a wet dish with a thinnish sauce. Serve in individual bowls alongside rice. Pairs well with beef baked with yogurt and black pepper, spicy baked chicken, or grilled mackerel with lemon and fresh green coriander. View Cooklang Source recipe.cook ``` --- title: Stewed Tomatoes description: "Shorvedar timatar, a wet Indian tomato dish with cumin, garlic, and green chillies, best made in summer when tomatoes are plentiful." servings: 4 time: 30 minutes tags: [tomato, indian, vegetarian, side] cuisine: Indian difficulty: easy rating: 4.5 --- Drop the @tomatoes{700%gram} into a #pot{} of rapidly boiling water for ~{15%seconds}. Drain, rinse under cold water and peel. Core the tomatoes and cut them into roughly 2.5cm cubes. Heat the @vegetable oil{3%tbsp} in a medium-sized #pot{} over a medium flame. When hot, put in the @cumin seeds{0.5%tsp}. A few seconds later, put in the @garlic cloves{3}, peeled and very finely chopped. Let the garlic pieces turn a golden colour. Now put in the @onion{110%gram}, peeled and chopped, and the @green chillies{1.5}, finely sliced with seeds. Stir and saute for about ~{2%minutes}. Now put in the @tomatoes{700%gram}, @fresh ginger{1%tsp}, peeled and very finely grated, @salt{1%tsp}, and @sugar{1%tsp}, preferably brown sugar. Bring to the boil. Cover, leaving the lid slightly ajar, reduce the heat to low and simmer for about ~{10%minutes}, or until the tomatoes are just tender. > This is a wet dish with a thinnish sauce. Serve in individual bowls alongside rice. > Pairs well with beef baked with yogurt and black pepper, spicy baked chicken, or grilled mackerel with lemon and fresh green coriander. ```