Tomato Chutney- South Indian Style
best side dish for anykind of south Indian dish like dosa, idli, uttapam, etc.
Ingredients
- 1 medium-sized onion (sliced)
- 5-6 no garlic cloves
- 2-3 no green chilies
- 2 medium-sized tomatoes(roughly chopped)
- 2-3 no whole red chili
- salt to taste
- 2 tbsp oil for tempering
- 1 tbsp oil
- 1 tbsp mustard seeds
- 8-10 no fresh curry leaves
Instructions
Preparing Chutney
- Heat a pan, add 2 tbsp of oil in it. Do notoverheat the oil.
- Add 2-3 whole red chiliesin it.
- Add garlic cloves andgreen chilies to it. Saute on a medium flame for 1 minute. Do not overcook thegarlic cloves.
- Add sliced onion to it.Cook for 2-3 minutes on medium flame or till the onion becomes translucent.
- As the onion changescolor, add roughly chopped tomatoes followed by salt as per your taste.
- Mix well and cook thismixture for 10 minutes on low flame or till the tomatoes cooked well.
- The mixture is ready.Turn off the flame and allow it to cool down.
- Transfer the mixture inthe mixing jar and without adding water blend it to make smooth chutney.
- Transfer the chutney in a bowl.
Preparing Tempering
- Heat a tempering pan. Add 1 tbsp of oil in it.
- As the oil heats well,add 1 tsp of mustard seeds.
- Followed by 8-10 curryleaves. At this stage turn off the flame and allow the curry leaves to cook alittle.
- Pour the mixture on thechutney.
- Tomato Chutney is readyto serve.
Notes
- Adjust the consistency as per your choice.
- You can add/ eliminate green chilies according to your taste.
- Do not overcook any ingredient.
- You can double/ triple the number of ingredients as per the number of people.
- Serve it with dosa, idli, uttapam or any south Indian dish of your choice.