Oven or Air-Fryer Roasted Tomatoes
Oven or Air-Fryer Roasted Tomatoes
These are very simple to make and are quite delicious. You can serve them as a side dish to an Indian or Non-Indian meal, on a toast or or as a sandwich filling. The pictures here show it being cooked in an air-fryer. The onion roasting on the side for something else.
Serves 4
Ingredients
- 4 ripe tomatoes of good flavour
- 1 tsp. chives/oregano/basil or other herb of choice. Fresh is better
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed (optional)
- 1 green chilli, thinly sliced
- 2 tbsp. Olive Oil. I often use a spray bottle.
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
- Cooking in an oven:
- Preheat oven to 200˚C 400˚F or Gas Mark 5-6.
- Make a cross cut at the top of each tomato. Place cut side up in an oven-proof dish or tray.
- Sprinkle oregano, garlic, green chilli and salt and pepper on top
- Drizzle/spray with olive or other oil of choice.
- Bake in the centre of a hot oven for 20 minutes or until the tomatoes halve softened and tops look slightly browned.
- Cooking in an air-fryer:
- Place prepared tomatoes on a foil or baking sheet in the air-fryer.
- Cook for 4 minutes.
- Check, cook for a further 3-4 minutes, as needed.
- Serve hot.
- To use as sandwich filling, cook for a further 2-3 minutes, until they collapse and can be flattened easily.
Notes
- If you do not have an oven, cook them in a nonstick pan, cut side down.