Tomato Saar

This is a very tasty maharashtrian recipe I found rich with vitamin c. It is like an equivalent to rasam of south indian cuisine.

INGREDIENTS

500 gms red tomatoes
Coconut milk extracted from half coconut (optional)
salt to taste
sugar to taste
1/4 cup beet root pieces (optional)

To be ground to a paste

!/2 tsp jeera
2-3 green chillis
1” ginger piece
2 cloves garlic

For the tadka-
1/2 tsp jeera
a pinch of hing
1 tsp ghee
few curry leaves

METHOD
Pressure cook the tomatoes along with the beet roots. Puree and strain the soup.
Add the coconut milk plus the ground paste.
Add the salt plus sugar to taste . Make the tadka .Add the tadka and coriander leaves to the soup.
Boil the whole soup well. Serve hot with pulao or plain rice or drink it like a soup.

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