Carrot Tomato Curry

Off late I've developed a new interest- COOKING :) Initially I cooked with a recipe written out neatly - not missing even a single item. But cooking is not supposed to be that way- ' its imagination ' said my friend and he was absolutely right! Voila-let your imagination cook :)

Most of the dishes that I've tried so far are based on trial and error method and here we have one example - Carrot Tomato Curry (side dish for chappathi,roti and dosa)
Reason for choosing carrot and tomato - only those two items were available at home;)
Here we go...
Ingredients:
Carrots : 6 -7 diced and boiled.
Tomatoes: 2 diced , 2 peeled and blended to make a paste.
Onions : 3 -4 Chopped
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tea spoon
Salt and Pepper - to taste
Sugar 1 pinch
Oil - 3 table spoons
For masala:
In a blender mix
Corriander leaves(1/2 cup),
Curry leaves(1 cup),
Garlic - 2 to 3,
Cumin(jeera) - 1 tea spoon
Fenugreek (vendhayam) -1/2 tea spoon
Red chilly-1
Small onion -1

Method:

• Heat oil in a pan
• Add mustard seeds ,followed by onions.
• Saute till the onions turn golden brown.
• Add the carrots and masala and mix well.
• Leave the pan closed on low flame for 3 mins (for the carrots to cook in case its hard)
• Add the chopped tomatoes , tomato paste and a pinch of sugar
• Add some salt and pepper 
• Leave on low flame till the curry becomes thick as shown below.

Once the curry becomes thick,remove from flame and garnish. Hot carrot tomato curry is now ready to be served with chappathi,roti or dosa.

Tips and suggestions:

• Along with carrot other vegetables like beans,cauliflower or peas can also be added
• If the you like it dry,then chop 2 more tomatoes and avoid the paste.
• Green chillies can be added for more spice :)