Warm, richly spiced, and built for a satisfying meal, Tomato Saar Recipe | Konkani Style Tomato Curry is a vegetarian goan rasam made with tomato, garlic, and dried red chilli in about 20 minutes. The recipe lays out the ingredients and each cooking step clearly, so you can adjust seasoning, texture, and serving size for your own kitchen.

Recipe Snapshot

  • Prep time: 5 minutes
  • Cook time: 15 minutes
  • Total time: 20 minutes
  • Yield: 4 Servings
  • Category: rasam
  • Cuisine: goan

Ingredients

For masala paste:

  • 3 tomato (chopped)
  • 4 cloves garlic
  • 4 dried red chilli
  • 1 cup coconut (grated)
  • ½ tsp cumin
  • 1 tsp coriander seeds

For saar:

  • 2 tbsp oil
  • 1 tsp mustard
  • ½ tsp cumin
  • pinch hing
  • few curry leaves
  • ½ tsp turmeric
  • ½ tsp chilli powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • ½ tsp jaggery
  • 4 cup water
  • 2 tbsp coriander (finely chopped)

Method

  1. Firstly, in a mixer jar, take 3 tomatoes, 4 garlic cloves, 4 dried red chillis, 1 cup of coconut, ½ tsp cumin and 1 tsp coriander seeds.
  2. Grind to a smooth paste and keep aside.
  3. In a kadai, heat 2 tbsp oil. Add 1 tsp of mustard, ½ tsp of cumin, a pinch of hing, and a few curry leaves. Splutter the tempering.
  4. Add in the prepared masala paste
  5. Add ½ tsp turmeric, ½ tsp chilli powder, 1 tsp salt and ½ tsp jaggery.
  6. Cook till everything is well combined.
  7. Add an additional 4 cups of water and mix well.
  8. Boil well until the flavours are infused.
  9. Now add 2 tbsp of coriander and mix well.
  10. Finally, enjoy the Tomato Saar Recipe with hot steamed rice.

Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note

Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.