Badre (Curried Tomatoes)

Ingredients

• two pounds of tomatoes
• two ounces of refined linseed oil
• a teaspoonful of mustard seeds
• two ounces of melted ghee
• a teaspoonful of salt
• a teaspoonful of turmeric
• a teaspoonful of coriander
• a teaspoonful of red chillies
• a squeeze of lemon
• a pinch of sugar

Method

1. 1

   Plump the tomatoes in boiling water for a minute, then remove the skins and cut in quarters.

2. 2

   Bring to the boil the refined linseed oil, in which fry mustard seeds till they are dancing; then put in the tomatoes, melted ghee, salt, turmeric, coriander, red chillies, a squeeze of lemon, and a pinch of sugar.

3. 3

   Stew till the moisture is nearly reduced to nil.

4. 4

   Eat with ghee, chapatee, rice, lentils, and chutnies.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 4 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Banquets of the nations (1911) by Robert H. Christie, page 113. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

adre. (Curried Tomatoes). Plump two pounds of tomatoes in boiling water for a minute, then remove the skins and cut in quarters. Bring to the boil two ounces of refined linseed oil, in which fry a teaspoonful of mustard seeds till they are dancing ; then put in the tomatoes, two ounces of melted ghee, a teaspoonful each of salt, turmeric, coriander, and red chillies, a squeeze of lemon, and a pinch of sugar. Stew till the moisture is nearly reduced to nil. Eat with ghee, chapatee, rice, lentils, and chutnies. 270 CENTRAL PROVINCES (Brahmin) Mango Pickle. Peel and half split fifty unripe mangoes. Remove the stones, fill the insides, and cover with salt ; stand for two days, after which wipe dry with a cloth. Make a mixture composed of sixteen ounces of green ginger, salt and garlic (of each six ounces), two ounces each of red chillies and mustard seeds, and half an ounce of cardamons. Pound all these and fill the split mangoes with it. Boil for four minutes three large bottles of very good vinegar along with two pounds of sugar, one ounce of bruised ginger, and half an ounce of ground saffron. Stir till it comes to the boil. When cold pour over the mangoes, which you have put in glass bottles. When cold tie down. Wilpussan Chahkee. (Curried Turnips.) Young turnips are the nearest approach to Wilpussan that can be got in this country. Put in a pot two pounds of small turnips cut in pieces ; add sufficient water to cover, also a teaspoonful of salt

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