Tamata,khazuri,nadiya au matar chuin meetha khatha/Tomato cokked with dates,grated coconut and green peas sweet recipe!!

Tamata,khazuri,nadiya au matar chuin meetha khatha/Tomato cokked with dates,grated coconut and green peas sweet recipe!!

Preparation Time:10mins

Cooking Time: 20 Minutes

Total Cooking Time :30 minutes

Tamata khazuri khata/Sweet tomato recipe is our favorite dish, specially my husband's!. Dates's is must gourmet in my kitchen and I prepared this dish every month and  store it air tight container for days in refrigerator. 

This is an odiya dish prepared especially during the festivals and auspicious days.It's a pure vegan dish paired with rice/kichdi and dalma. And it's a very popular combination on auspicious days or festivals.

You may use vegetable oil or ghee, mustard seeds, cumin seeds (jeera), fenugreek seeds (methi), fennel seeds (pan mahuri), dry chilli (sukhila lanka maricha), curry leaves (bhrusanga patra), ginger, green chilli, salt ,badi(badi is sun-dried lentil and tastes great if added to selected traditional dishes) and nadiya(grated coconut).

Tamata Khata is prepared in several methods all the variation's are equally delicious!Even I preapre in many variations.Thought to share the best one with all..

Course: Side Dish

Cuisine: East India

Servings: 4 person

Ingredients

Tomatoes 10 Medium size(chopped coarsely)

Dates/Khazur-20pscs(Seedless/with seeds)

Grated Coconut-1/4 cup

Green Peas-1/4 cup

Jaggery-2tbsp

Sugar-1/2 cup(can adjust according to preference)

Ginger Grated(1 inch grated)

Green Chilly 2 crushed(adjust according to your preference)

Ghee 2 tbsp

Panch Foron(Cumin,Mustard,Fennel seeds,Fenugreek,Dry red chilly)
Bay leaf/Tej pata 1

Roasted cumin and red chilli powder-1Tsp

Coriander leaves (finely chopped)

Salt to taste

Procedure

• Clean tomatoes with running water and cut coarsely.
•  Now take a pan and add ghee, once the ghee is heated
• Add cumin, mustard, fennel seeds, Fenugreek and whole dry chilli
• Let it splutter
• Add bay leaf 
• Add  then grated ginger and crushed green chilli and saute for 2 minutes(don't burn it)
• Now tomatoes and add salt
• Now add dates,jaggery and sugar and cover it with lid
• And cook till the tomatoes turn little mushy.
• And now add grated coconut and peas
• Give a good mix so that all ingredients will combined properly. 
• When everything is cooked, off the flame and add roasted cumin and chilli powder and cover it with lid for a while  
• Garnish it with chopped coriander leaves.
• Ready to serve with your favorite platter.