Fried Green Tomatoes

are a culinary dish usually found in the Southern United States made from unripe green tomatoes.
The green tomatoes are often served in southern restaurants as a side or a topping of Sandwiches and Burgers.
The tomatoes are quite tasty!
Green tomatoes are a very good source of ‘Vitamin A’, ‘Vitamin C’ and Potassium.
The tomatoes coated with cornmeal or gram flour. Fried green tomatoes have a little sour, tangy flavor, and crunchy.

Ingredients :

• 3 fresh green tomatoes
• 1 egg
• ½ cup all-purpose flour
• ½ cup gram floor
• 2 tbsp milk
• 1 tsp crushed black pepper
• 1 tsp salt (or as required)
• Oil for deep fry

Let’s start the recipe.

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Coating Preparation :

Slice the tomatoes gently in thick pieces (not so thick nor so thin).

• Take a bowl and add all purpose flour then add the gram flour, black pepper and salt. Mix all the dry ingredients well.
• Coating dust is ready.

Let’s move to another step.

• Take a bowl and add milk,egg, pinch of salt and whisk it properly with the help of whisker/fork/or spoon (whatever you had at home).
• The batter is ready.

Coating Process :

• Take a slice of green tomatoes and start coat with flour dust. (the dust we prepare earlier with floors pepper and salt).
• Then coat a tomato slice with egg mixture.
• Now again coat tomatoes with flour.
• Press the tomato slice in dust and coat nicely.
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• Then put the tomatoes on a plate.
• Now coat the rest of the tomatoes by repeating the same procedure and leave for 5 minutes.
• Coated tomatoes ready to fry.

Frying process :

• Turn on the gas flame and put a pan on it.
• Pour the oil into the pan and let it heat.
• Now put the coated green tomatoes carefully on the low flame.
• Slightly stir continuously and flip the tomatoes.
• Fry until both sides turn into brown color.
• (This procedure will take around 8-10 minutes.)
• Now turn off the flame and take all the fries out on tissue paper.
• The green tomatoes are ready to eat.
• Serve hot.

Another way for Fry Green tomatoes is Air fryer.

If you are health conscious then you can use air fryer too and avoid deep frying process.

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An air fryer is a small countertop convection oven designed to simulate deep frying without submerging the food in oil. A fan circulates hot air at high speed, producing a crisp layer.

By using just 1 tablespoon of cooking oil rather than multiple cups, a person can produce similar results as a deep fryer.

When used properly, air fryers offer many healthful benefits:  

• Using air fryers can promote weight loss.
• Switching from deep-fried foods to air-fried foods and reducing regular intake of unhealthful oils can promote weight loss.
• Air fryers can be safer than deep fryers.
• Air fryers do get hot, there is no risk of spilling, splashing, or accidentally touching hot oil.
• People should use frying machines carefully and follow instructions to ensure safety.
• Replacing deep frying with other cooking methods can reduce a person’s risk of these complications.

Method for air fry ‘Fried Green Tomatoes’ :

Step 1 :

• Preheat the air fryer to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Brush the fryer basket with olive oil.
• Place Tomato slices in the fryer basket, making sure they do not touch each other (cook in batches if necessary).
• Brush the tops of tomatoes with olive oil.

Step 2 :

• Cook for 12 minutes, then flip the tomatoes and brush again with olive oil.
• Cook until crisp and golden brown, 3 to 5 minutes more.
• Remove tomatoes to tissue paper on a plate to keep crisp. Repeat with the remaining tomatoes.
• Fried green tomatoes are ready to eat.

One more way to fry Green Tomatoes is ‘Non Stick Pan’.

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• Place a non-stick pan on gas and turn the flame on and add few drops of oil.
• Now add coated green tomatoes one by one on low flame and cover the pan with a lid and leave for 10 minutes.
• After 10 minutes press the tomatoes gently and flip.
• Again cover the pan with a lid for 10 minutes.
• Now turn off the flame and place all the fried green tomatoes on a paper on a plate.
• Ready to serve.

(You can serve the tomatoes with sauce)

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