Tomato Chutney

Ingredients:

• Tomatoes - 500 gms
• Green chillies - 8
• Sesame seeds - 2 tbsp
• Garlic - 1 or 2 cloves
• Cumin - 1 tsp
• Tamarind paste - 1 tsp
• Salt to taste
• Oil for frying and seasoning

Seasoning :

• Dried red chillies - 2
• Black gram - 2 tsp
• Cumin - 1 tsp
• Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
• Curry leaves few
• Fenugreek seeds - 1/4 tsp
• Oil for frying - 1 tbsp

Preparation:

• Cut tomatoes into two halves and make few slits on green chillies and keep them aside.
• In a pan add 1 spoon oil and fry the green chillies and keep them aside.
• Then fry the tomatoes also on a medium heat till they turn soft as shown above and allow them to cool down.
• In another pan dry fry the sesame seeds till they pop up which will take about one minute.
• Now in a mixer jar add these fried tomatoes, green chillies, sesame seeds, tamarind, 1 tsp cumin, garlic and salt and grind them to make a coarse paste.
• Tomato chutney is ready to be served with hot steamed rice or ulli dosas (Onion dosa).
• Season it if you like. For seasoning, take 2 spoons oil and preheat it and keep the stove on medium heat.
• Add mustard seeds, 1 tsp cumin and black gram and toss them till they pop up.
• Now add dried red chillies and curry leaves and fry them till the seasoning starts smelling good, this will take few seconds only.
• Add the above to the chutney and serve.

Tip : Raw tomatoes tastes amazing for this chutney. Pan fried sesame seeds are optional to this chutney. These are added to give a smoky flavour to the chutney.

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