Alu Tomato Stuffing

Alu Tomato Stuffing

This is supplementary to my earlier post “Alu Simla Mirch Stuffing” . Many of my friends have told me to develop a step by step procedure to make Alu_Tomato Stuffing , as they are finding it difficult to retain the shape of tomato from collapsing. Here is my methodology. I do hope you enjoy the steps. 

Ingredients		Qty
Alu / Potato		2		Pieces
Tomato - Big Selected		5		Nos
Onion		1		No
Carrot		1		Piece
Simla Mirch		1		Piece
Green Chilli		2		Nos
Coriander Leaves				Chopped

Step 1 :

Select  5 good semi ripe tomatoes free from depressions and which can be retained in a perforated steel container, as shown.

Step 2 :           Keep the ingredients ready and handy.

Step 3 :

Finely cut the potato into small pieces and store it in water.

Step 4 :

Cook the ingredients and the potato separately in the usual method and keep it ready. Make sure that there is no water in the potato stuffing and allow it to cool.

Step 5 :

Now with a sharp knife slice each tomato near the top till the knife reaches the wall thickness.  Go a little more deep and cut upto the middle of the tomato thickness . The top portion will now open out like a door . Use can use the melon scooper as shown in the image. You can scoop out the centre portion and make each tomato hollow as shown. You can use a small square bowl containing cooking oil with added salt.  The oil_salt mixture is to be smeared on the outside and inside of the tomato for better taste.

Step 6 :

Now fill up the hollow portion of each tomato with the stuffing. When one tomato is removed , others may tend to cave in. To prevent that , keep one extra raw tomato in place as a dummy. You will like this idea.

Step 7.

Cook the tomato stuffing in a pressure cooker without weight  and wait for 10 minutes . You can allow the stuffing to cool for 15 more minutes.  

Enjoy as a side dish with rotis or chapattis. 

I am interested to know more about your blogs and posts.

Rangarajan Ramaswamy Bangalore 16062013 05:00 pm