About:

Tomato dip prepared with this recipe has tangy and spicy taste and can be served as accompaniment with snacks like nachos, tortilla, chips, finger chips, etc. or as relish.

Yields-1 -11/2 cup
Preparation time-10 minutes
Cooking time – 10 minutes

Ingredients:

• Finely chopped Wine tomatoes-3-4 medium
• Finely chopped onion-1 medium
• Minced/grated garlic-2 cloves
• Olive oil-1 tbsp
• Low –fat mozzarella cheese-2-3 tbsp
• Salt- to taste

For spices:

• Bay leaves-1
• Red chilies-2-3 (adjust as per the spice)
• Cinnamon- 1” stick
• Black pepper corns- 4-5
• Cumin seeds-1tsp

For garnishing :

• Basil leaves or fresh cilantro/coriander leaves.

Procedure:

Preparation step:

• In a pan dry roast the spices (red chillies, cinnamon, bay leaf, pepper corns, cumin seeds) on a medium high heat for 2-3 minutes. Allow it to cool a bit and then place it in the blender and ground to powder and set aside.

To make dip:

• Heat oil in a large pan add the onion and cook until translucent.
• Stir in garlic cook for few seconds.
• Add tomatoes, ground spice mixture, salt, turn the heat to medium high, cover and cook until the tomatoes are very soft, about 8-10 minutes stirring occasionally.
• Mash the tomatoes using potato masher and cook until thickened.
• Once it reaches the desired consistency- turn off the heat, cool slightly and stir in cheese and basi/cilantro.
• Serve with Bread Or Chips

• OR as a spread for wraps like fajitas/tortillas