•2 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed •4 tablespoons margarine or ghee •3 medium tomatoes, skinned and chopped •16 ounce yogurt •2 tablespoons all-purpose flour •1/2 teaspoon turmeric •Salt METHOD

Drain yogurt in cheesecloth or muslin bag for about an hour. This is called 'chaka' in Afghanistan and is preferred for use in cooking because it avoids imparting any acid or sour taste which the whey in ordinary yogurt can give to a dish.

Fry the garlic in the margarine or ghee until brown. Add the tomatoes and stir and fry until reddish-brown.

Blend the strained yogurt, 1 cup water, the flour, turmeric and salt, either by hand or in a mixer. Then slowly add to the garlic and tomatoes. Bring to a boil, turn down the heat and simmer gently until the soup s thickened, about 30 minutes.

Serves: 3 - 4

Contributor: Helen Saberi for Mrs. Parwin Ali SOURCE:http://www.inmamaskitchen.com/RECIP…

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# Chop 1 onion and 1 tomato . # Heat a pan add 2 tspns oil and fry onions till they get golden brown. Add 1/4 tspn ginger garlic paste . Fry it for 2 mins.

Add chopped tomato and fry till it turns mushy. Switch off stove and let this cool . Grind it to a paste by adding little water.

# Take a bowl , add 2tbspns of curd and make it like buttermilk . To this add 1/2 tspn salt , 1tspn chilly powder , 1/4 tspn turmeric , 1/2 tspn coriander powder , 2 tspns coconut powder or add 1/4 cup fresh coconut milk or 2tspns coconut paste. Mix all nicely and put it aside. # Heat a pan add 1 tbspn oil , add 2 cloves , 2 litely opened cardamoms , 1" cinnamon stick, pinch of shajeera , 2 small bay leaves . Fry for a minute. Add grinded onion tomato paste , u can include some water. Fry this for 5 mins. Next add curd mixture and mix well . Now u should make it into pouring consistency /rasam consistency for that u can add either veg stock or chicken stock or plain water # Let this mixture boil for 15 minutes . Cook covered if not it may spill . # Finally add 1/4 tspn home made garam masala powder and 1/4 tspn store brought chicken curry masala powder . Add few finely chopped coriander leaves. Let this boil for 5 more mins and then switch off stove . Serve this hot with biryanis /jeera rice / mattar chawal,............etc

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