This tomato chutney is sweet, sour, and spicy, and can be served with
idlis, dosas, and vadas. It's also great as a dip for pakodas, chips,
and french
fries, and as a spread for sandwiches. This delicious South Indian
tomato chutney recipe is very easy to make.
Servings: 8 Cooking Time: 10
minutes
Ingredients
4 medium-sized, ripe tomatoes
1 tsp chopped coriander (cilantro) leaves
Salt to taste
For Masala
4 tsp vegetable oil
4 tsp urad dal (black gram)
2 tsp mustard seeds
6-7 red chillies
2 green chillis
1/2 tsp asafoetida (hing)
Turmeric, a pinch
Preparation
Heat the oil in a pan, and add asafoetida, urad
dal, and mustard seeds. When the dal is brown and the mustard seeds
start to splutter, add the red chillies and fry for
a few seconds until
chillies are brown. Add the green chillies and fry for a few seconds.
Put this masala mix into the blender and let it
cool.
Saute the tomatoes in the same pan with a
little bit of oil, until they are cooked. Cool these in a bowl.
In a blender, grind the masala with a little bit of water into a
coarse paste.
Add the tomatoes and salt, and grind
into a coarse paste.
Add the chopped coriander leaves and mix.
Serve the chutney with idlis, vadas, dosas, pakodas,
or with plain white rice and ghee
(clarified
butter) or use it for making a spicy vegetarian sandwich.
To use the tomato chutney as a dip, grind it into a smooth paste. The
shelf life of this chutney is 2-3 days, when refrigerated.