Stuffed Tomato

Recipe Ingredients

• Sufficient oil to fry bajjis
• 1 cup besan (Bengal gram flour) powder
• 4 - 5 small tomatoes
• 1/2 tbsp cumin seeds
• Pinch of baking soda
• Salt

 Filling Ingredients:

• 1 onion sliced very thin
• 1/4 cup roasted peanuts
• 1 tbsp Dhania (Coriander) Powder
• 1/2 tbsp Jeera (Cumin) Powder
• 3 tbsp lime juice
• 1/4 bunch of sliced coriander leaves
• Salt to taste 

Cooking Method 

• Mix 1 cup of besan powder, very little salt, pinch of baking soda, 1/2 tbsp of cumin seeds with water. 
• Add water until the mix becomes smooth paste.
• Dip the tomatoes into the besan paste and deep fry them till golden brown. 
• Keep them aside and let them cool for about 5 min. 
• Mix all the filling ingredients in a bowl and keep them aside. 
• Cut these tomatoes into halves and scoop out the seeds/pulp (not the skin) carefully from the middle of the fried tomato half. 
• Add both the mixes and mix them well. 
• Stuff the tomato shell with this filling.