Tomato sagu-Side Dish for Idly/chapathi

Preparing a tasty side dish is more complicated than the main dish itself :). Same old chutneys and gravies are not only boring to eat but to cook too,right.Day before yesterday when I kneaded the dough for chapathi for our dinner I was so bored to make usual dal or north Indian gravies I always make.I wanted something really simple,quick and tasty too.When I was flipping through my favorite cook book(Mallika Badrinath) I found this simple recipe ,tomato sagu.Sagu generally means a gravy or side dish I guess.The recipe looked very easy to prepare that too with my favorite ingredient -tomato.I made it more spicy than mentioned in the recipe and it was great with chapathis.I made a simple and yummy raita with the left over next day and that tasted even better.Try this very tasty one.

Tomato sagu recipe
Star ingredients:tomato
Time:20 minutes
Serves:3
Ingredients:
3-4 medium sized tomatoes
1 large onion
4 dried red chillies
1 tablespoon roasted gram
1 teaspoon coriander powder
2 teaspoons shredded coconut
1 teaspoon cumin seeds
Cilantro for garnishing
Salt
Oil
Method:
1.Wash and puree the tomatoes.
2.In a kadai add 2 teaspoons oil and roast cumin,red chillies and coriander powder.Grind coarsely along with coconut and roasted dal
3.In the same kadai,saute the thinly sliced onions until translucent.
4,Add the ground masala and saute well till nice aroma comes out.
5.Add the tomato puree and mix well.Add salt and 1/4 cup water.
6.Cook till the gravy thickens for about 7-10 minutes
7.Serve hot
Notes:
1.If you any leftover you can make delicious raita by just mixing well beaten curd to the sagu.
2.You can make chutney chawal,mix cooked basmati rice,top with kasuri methi
3.You can replace coconut with4-6 almonds.It just gives the same taste n texture.