The red, ripe, juicy tomatoes with a tangy twist are excellent fruit, right? But we do celebrate this beautiful ingredient. No, I am not trying to imply that we don’t use tomatoes in our food preparation. Instead, I wanted to bring to your attention that whenever we use tomatoes in a dish, we often mask the taste of tomatoes with other ingredients or use tomatoes as an extra ingredient that adds tanginess to a dish. Often, we hold ourselves back from celebrating this ingredient alone in a dish. Doesn’t a beautiful and incredibly beneficial fruit like a tomato deserves to be celebrated? So, let me introduce you to cottage cheese tomato curry, a dish that will celebrate the deliciousness of your tomatoes.
The story behind tomatoes
Before going into celebrating tomatoes, by making a cottage cheese tomato recipe, don’t you want to know a bit about tomatoes in themselves? Well, wouldn’t it be weird if you don’t know the minimum basics about an ingredient you are about to celebrate? Hence, before starting the preparation of the cottage cheese tomato recipe, let’s delve a bit into the history of tomatoes.
Well, for starters, the tomato has been around us for a long time, approximately from 700 A.D. and is considered native to America. This fruit began its travel along the horizons only during the 16 century, when the early explorers set out to discover new lands.
Initially, the tomato was considered a poisonous fruit. This is because the tableware made for rich people contained high-lead content in them. When the acid in tomato interacts with it and releases the lead, thereby leading to lead poisoning. But, the poor section of society who had food from wooden plates didn’t have this trouble and thereby enjoyed tomatoes. As a result, during the initial period, tomatoes were considered a poor people’s food. Later with the invention of pizza, in or around the 1800s, the tomato finally got its much-deserved position in society and began to shine through as a staple kitchen ingredient.
How did tomatoes reach India?
Well, the answer to this question is relatively simple and obvious. Tomatoes reached India in the same manner as many other things reached India or many other things left India. Yes, you are correct, colonization. Tomatoes were one of the gifts provided by colonization to us. The Portuguese people introduced this wonderful fruit to us.
Well, as expected, this fruit conquered the heart of Indians in no time. The tanginess and umami ness this single ingredient impart to the food made it extremely popular in India and in Mediterranean cooking. So, that’s it, that’s the history of one of the most favourite and staple ingredients in our cuisine, the tomato. Now, let us dive straight into our topic of discussion, cottage cheese tomato curry.
How to make Cottage cheese tomato curry?
Ingredients Required
- Four medium-sized tomatoes
- One medium-sized onion
- Three cloves of garlic
- One teaspoon of ginger paste
- One green chilly
- Half a cup of cubed cottage cheese
- A pinch of turmeric
- 1 tsp red chilli powder
- 1/2 tsp cumin powder
- 1/2 tsp garam masala powder
- 1.5 tbsp oil
- Coriander leaves for garnishing
- Salt to taste
Preparation of Cottage cheese tomato curry
- Chop the tomatoes and blend them into a smooth puree.
- Now take the paneer and cut them into small or medium-sized cubes.
- Now, lightly fry these paneer cubes and keep them immersed in hot water to maintain the softness of the paneer.
- Now, chop the onion and garlic cloves. Go ahead and slit the green chilly.
- Finally, heat some oil in a pan and add the chopped ingredients. Sauté them until the onions turn light brown.
- Add the ginger paste and sauté until its raw smell goes away.
- Now, add the pureed tomato along with spices and mix them well.
- Once incorporated well enough, add one and a half cups of water.
- Once the water comes to a boil, add the shallow fried cottage cheese cubes to the gravy and let it simmer for 3 to 4 minutes until it becomes thick.
- Now remove your cottage cheese tomato from the heat and garnish them with chopped coriander leaves.
- Voila, your cottage cheese tomato curry is ready to entice your taste buds.
Well, are you wondering why I wanted you guys to celebrate tomatoes? Well, it is not only for the benefit of tomatoes alone but also for your benefit of you. Don’t you believe me? Do you know how nutritious tomatoes are and how much they can help you, especially your skin? Well, the lycopene in tomatoes can improve the health of your skin from the inside out. Another product that can improve the health of your skin from the inside out is Nutriplus SkinHealth. Want to know more about it?
Nutriplus SkinHealth
This product can single-handedly take care of the health of your skin. Want to know how? Nutriplus SkinHealth consists there skin preserving ingredients in it. They are lycopene, wheat germ oil and Vitamin E. These active components in the product will treat dryness, dark spots, scars, and free radicals and even resist skin inflammation. So, in short, this vegetarian capsule made up of natural ingredients will give a long-lasting solution for your skin troubles.
So, don’t stall any longer. Enjoy your flavorful adventure and protect your skin simultaneously by using the cottage cheese tomato curry and a more effective Nutriplus SkinHealth. Trust me; you’ll never regret either of them.
