Tomato and Corn Curry

Tomato and Corn Curry
Even as we were yakking away on Skype, we remembered that we had told Mansi we will take part, in the Vegan Thanks Giving event! We just realized that there is less than 3 hours left (in the West Coast US!) for the deadline! And so ...Amma rushed off to prepare this delicious dish for a Bangalore breakfast, while I wrote out this recipe in Sydney. Even as I completed writing, my dad, the ever enthusiastic photographer mailed me a click. So here is our recipe for the Vegan Thanks Giving Event at the Fun and Food Blog! Yummy dish in a flash!



Ingredients
Oil – 1 Tbs
Jeera – ½ tsp
Onion – 1 chopped as finely as possible
Grated Ginger – ½ tsp
Tomato – 2 chopped as finely as possible
Salt – 1 tsp
Sambhar Powder as shown here – 1 Tsp
Corn – 2 cups (Deep frozen corn is easy to cook)
Water – 1 cup
Maida – 1tsp
Corriander leaves – few
Method
1. Heat oil, and add jeera.
2. Next add onion, and ginger.
3. Reduce the flame and fry until onion is caramelized.
4. Now add the tomato, salt and Sambhar powder, and stir well.
5. Cover the pan tightly with a lid.
5. Keep opening the pan time and again to stir, and ensure the mixture does not burn.
6. Once its cooked well, you will have a brilliant red tomato paste, and the oil will come out of the masala.
7. Mix maida with a little bit of water, and add to the pan and fry.
8. Now add the corn, and sautee.
9. Next add a cup of water and stir.
10. In a minute the corn will cook. Switch off once you have the consistency desired.
9. Garnish with fresh coriander leaves before serving.
Instead of Sambhar powder, you can use chillie powder and garam masala. However, Sambhar powder makes it a different and tasty adaptation. The sambhar powder we use, is a simple recipe, and we use it as a 'universal powder' for not only Sambhars, but also Rasam, Currys, Sabjis and Poriyals!
This curry is a favourite dish with bread, chappatis, dosas, even palav and fried rice!

Comments

happy to be on time. all the best. appa
YOSEE said…
Yum ! The whole family here loves this quicky dish. And that old faithful Sambhar powder ! Cant imagine kitchen without that saviour !
Finla said…
Wow that is what i call international cooking and posting a joint work.
Curry looks uperb.
Send this to Sharmi at Neyvadam for her event , ingridient for this month ies corn.
Usha said…
Interesting curry with sambar powder,looks delicious :-)
anudivya said…
Nice curry, that looks good too.
I am so pathetic, I don't have any nice fun gadgets to show off :(
Unknown said…
that looks beautiful Dibs! extra thanks for the world-wide synchronisation!:)
Cham said…
Oh oh the whole family under pressure :) Cool!
Priya Suresh said…
Quite different curry n looks really colourful...superb DIbs..
Dibs said…
Cham - such pressures are real fun!:-)
HeyRam said…
Hi Dibbs,

Well its another snow day here and we are imprisoned at home - AGAIN.

This is almost like tomato corn salsa - minus the sambar/curry powder, jeera, oil and cooking.

More like a quick salad.

You need to add minced onions, garlic, cilantro, diced bell peppers (green/yellow/orange/red), diced jalapenos, one diced habenero chili - if you are brave, a little lemon juice, little brown sugar, and may be a few crushed mint leaves. If you are a pineapple fan - a few diced pineapples. Salt to taste. No need to add water. Mix well (salad consistency).

It tastes yum with freshly baked/fried hot tortilla chips.
Anonymous said…
hey i am going to try corn curry as per the receipe tomoro ..lets see how it goes:)it looks relish!!