Tomato Moru Curry / Thakkali Moru Curry

Tomato moru curry is a yogurt based dish which incorporates sauteed tomatoes and garlic, seasoned with mustard seeds, fenugreek seeds and curry leaves. This curry is also called thakkali moru curry in Kerala. Thakkali means tomato in Kerala.

Tomato moru curry is a very simple and easy dish which goes really well with steamed rice and fried fish . Yogurt which is known as curd in India is very integral part of any meal and used in so many different ways in Southern India. It is perfect too as most of the Indian states are hot and humid and yogurt is a cooling and soothing food which is a boon when you are having a hot and spicy Indian food. Pulissery, pachadi, kichadi and moru curry are some of the very popular yogurt based dish of Kerala, each of which are made with variety of different vegetables and fruits.
Some people also add coconut paste into the tomato moru curry but my version of thakkali moru curry is without coconut and still it does not compromise the taste at all . This version is especially good when you want to have something light and easily digestible .The one and only risky part of making tomato moru curry or any yogurt based curries is to cook the yogurt sauce on a very low heat with continuous stirring else it can curdle.
So if you like tangy and creamy curries, then you will be happy to have this lovely yellow colored tomato moru curry .  

Tomato Moru Curry / Thakkali Moru Curry

Recipe by Neha NairCourse: SidesCuisine: Indian, KeralaDifficulty: Medium

Servings

4

servings

Prep time

10

minutes

Cooking time

25

minutes

Thakkali Moru Curry is a yogurt based curry from Kerala in which cooked tomatoes is added to the well blended yogurt with some Indian seasonings.

Ingredients

• 1 cup of plain yogurt (Nonfat yogurt is fine)

• 2 medium size tomatoes (chopped)

• 2 cloves of garlic, chopped

• Green chilies to taste

• 2 Dry red chilies

• 1 tsp of mustard seeds

• 1/8 tsp fenugreek seeds

• Few curry leaves

• 1/2 tsp of turmeric powder

• Salt to taste

• 1-2 tsp of oil

• 1/4-1/2 cup of water

Directions

• Heat oil in a deep pan and pop mustard seeds,then add fenugreek seeds, curry leaves, green and red chilies and stir for few seconds.
• Now add tomatoes, garlic, turmeric and salt and mix. Cook for about 5 minutes until the tomatoes are nice and tender.
•  In the mean time, blend yogurt with water and salt.
• When the tomatoes are done, remove the pan from heat and pour yogurt little by little and keep stirring it continously, so that it doesn’t curdle.
• Put the pan back on the low heat and let it get warm slightly, stirring continously. Dont heat it too much otherwise yogurt can split.
• Tomato moru curry or thakkali moru curry is done.

Notes

• Serve tomato moru curry with rice and fried fish or dry sabji or vegetables . It goes well with kanji (rice gruel) also.
• You can make this tomato moru curry thick by not adding water and serve it as raita with parathas.
• You can add little sugar if the yogurt or tomatoes are sour.