Menthikura Tomato Curry Recipe | Healthy & Simple Fenugreek Tomato Curry | Indian Style Fenugreek Leaves Curry

Methi Tomato Curry is a comforting homestyle recipe prepared with fresh methi leaves and tomatoes. Simple spices enhance the natural flavors, making it a nutritious and tasty curry for everyday meals.

Usually, fenugreek leaves are cooked separately before adding tomatoes to decrease their bitter flavour. Menthu Kura Tomato is not just an easy to make recipe but acts as a perfect Side dish when accompanied with rice or chapati.

                                        About Tomato Methi Curry

Tomato Methi Curry is a classic Indian dish made using fresh fenugreek leaves and ripe tomatoes, cooked together with simple spices to create a flavorful and nutritious curry. This dish is especially popular in South Indian homes, where methi leaves are commonly used in everyday cooking for their distinct taste and health benefits.

Fresh methi leaves have a naturally mild bitterness, which beautifully balances the tanginess of tomatoes when cooked together. The tomatoes soften and release their juices, forming a rich base for the curry, while the methi leaves add depth, aroma, and a slightly earthy flavor. A simple tempering of mustard seeds, cumin seeds, garlic, and green chilies enhances the overall taste without overpowering the main ingredients.

Tomato Methi Curry is not only delicious but also highly nutritious. Fenugreek leaves are rich in iron, fiber, and antioxidants, making this dish beneficial for digestion and overall health. Tomatoes add vitamin C and natural acidity, which helps balance flavors and improves nutrient absorption. Since the curry uses minimal oil and basic spices, it is light on the stomach and ideal for everyday meals.

   How To Prepare Tomato Methi Curry step By Step

Ingredients:

Fresh fenugreek leaves (methi) – 1 cup, washed and chopped

Tomatoes – 2 medium, finely chopped

Onion – 1 small, finely chopped (optional)

Green chili – 1, slit

Garlic – 4–5 cloves, crushed

Turmeric powder – ¼ teaspoon

Red chili powder – 1 teaspoon

Coriander powder – 1 teaspoon

Salt – to taste

Oil – 2 tablespoons

Mustard seeds – ½ teaspoon

Cumin seeds – ½ teaspoon

Preparation:

1. For this recipe, first take a fresh small amount of fenugreek and take it from the stems and take it into a bowl. Then wash it twice and keep it aside.

2. Also, in the recipe, the onion should be thinly cut, and the green chilies should be cut long.

3. Similarly, take a ripe tomatoes and wash them clean and cut them into small pieces and keep them ready.

4. Now put the pan on the stove to make the curry and pour enough oil. Once the oil is lightly heated, add mustard seeds and cumin seeds saute.

5. Add the chopped fine onion pieces and fry them in a medium flame until the onions become a little soft. Add curry leaves, green chilies, ginger garlic paste and fry for a while until the green smell is gone.  Here I am using crushed garlic, this will give better taste than ginger garlic paste. 

6. Then add the cleanly washed fenugreek leaves and cook on low flame for five minutes. By frying the fenugreek in oil, the curry will taste good without bitterness. 

7. When the fenugreek is well cooked and the oil is separated, the tomato pieces that have been cut before, add enough salt to taste and mix well.

Then close the lid and adjust the stove to a low to medium flame and mix the tomato pieces in the middle until they are very soft.

8. Once the tomatoes are well cooked and soft, mash the mixture with a spatula. By doing this, curry pulp comes as a good tasty.

After mashing, add a little turmeric, chilli powder to taste, coriander powder and mix well. At this stage, the taste should be checked, and the salt and chili should be adjusted.

Then pour water up to a cup of water and cook for another two to three minutes on a low to medium flame. 

9. Once the curry is well cooked and the gravy becomes thick, add the garam masala and turn off the stove.

10. At the end, add a thin layer of coriander leaves and serve hot. That's it, the new flavor of "Menthikura Tomato Curry" is in front of you!

Serve Methi Tomato Curry hot with steamed rice, chapati, phulka, or roti.

Notes:

1. Fenugreek leaves should never be washed after cutting.

2. We can blanch leaves in hot water before cutting to decrease their       bitterness.

3.Before adding tomatoes, methi leaves must be cooked for a 2 to 3     minutes to remove bitterness.

4. We can use this recipe as a sandwich filling ingredient.

Nutrition Facts – Tomato Methi Curry

(Approximate values per 1 serving / 1 cup)

• Calories: 110–130 kcal

• Carbohydrates: 10–14 g

• Protein: 3–4 g

• Total Fat: 6–8 g

• Dietary Fiber: 4–6 g

• Sugars: 3–4 g (natural sugars from tomatoes)

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