Tomato Chutney

Tomato plays a dominant role in making chutney. It is almost available throughout the year.

Serves: Five

Cooking time: approximately 20 minutes.

Ingredients

• Onion – 1 no
• Red tomato – 5 no
• Garlic – 4 pods
• Red chilli – 6 no
• Salt – as per taste
• Oil – 2 tea spoon
• Sugar – ½ tea spoon (optional)
• For seasoning
  • Mustard – ½ tea spoon
  • Urad dal (split black gram) – ½ tea spoon
  • Curry leaves – few
  • Asafetida powder – pinch

Method

• Chop onion,tomato,garlic.
• Fry red chilli and half of curry leaves in a few drops of oil in a fry pan; allow it to cool.
• Grind together chopped onion,tomato,garlic with fried red chili, curry leaves adding salt to a fine paste.
• Heat a pan, do the seasoning and add the ground paste; mix well.
• Cook in a low flame, till oil separates from the mix.

Good combination with Idly, Dosa, Adai, Paratha.

Tips:

• avoid using green chilli.
• no need to add water to grind.