Spicy tomato bhorta.
Tomato Bhorta is a classic Bengali side dish made by mashing roasted or fried tomatoes with mustard oil, garlic, onions, and green chilies. Bursting with smoky, tangy, and spicy flavors, it’s a simple yet flavorful accompaniment to steamed rice.
Equipment
- 1 wire rack to burn tomatoes and garlic
Ingredients
- 3 tomatoes partly slitted
- 3 dried red chili
- 1/2 red onion sliced
- 3 green chili
- 1/2 cup chopped coriander
- 2 tbsp mustard oil
- 2 tbsp fresh lemon juice
- 4 cloves garlic
- 1/2 tsp salt or to taste
Instructions
- In a wire rack burn the chili garlic and tomatoes until completely charred.
- take them off the stove and take off the black skins.
- Now, in a bowl/plate, one by one, mash chili and salt, then add green chilies, garlic, onion and coriander and mix very well. lastly add the charred tomatoes and mash until everything well combined.
- Now adjust salt, add a drizzle of mustard oil, some lemon juice and give it one last mix.
- enjoy with gorom bhaat, khichuri or congi.