Tomato thoran

Green tomato 250 gm (cut to small pcs)
Oil 2 spoon
Mustard 1 spoon
Bengal gram ½ spoon
red chilli 3 (broken to 1” pcs)
Curry leaves 2 stem
Grated coconut 1 cup
Green chilli 5
Shallots 5-8
Salt to taste

Grate coarsely coconut, green chilli and shallots keep aside. Heat oil in a kadai (wok) put mustard seed when it sputters completely add Bengal gram ,red chilli and curry leaves. Stir well and put the tomato pcs and salt stir well cover it and cook for 2 mts in slow fire. Open the lid make a space in the middle with the spatula and add the grated masala. Cover with the tomato , cook again till done (green chilli and shallots cooks – change colour) No w stir the thoran well with the spatula so that the masala is spread evenly. Remove from fire. This can be served with rice as side dish. (a dish from Trivandrm)