Amma's Tomato Chutney

Tomato chutney is my Amma's famous recipe.. It is spicy tangy made from tomatoes.. Chutneys are common made in every indian home. Amma make many varities of chutney but my dad and my sister like this tomato chutney.. They often told my mom to make this chutney for idlies...

It is such a verity inspired from south indian cuisine.. Apart from the tangy taste of tomatoes, there is a special distinct warm aromatic flavour of sambar powder which gives superb taste to the chutney... I hope that you must try this delicious chutney with boiled hot idlies and let me know how it's comes out from you....

Preparation time : 10 mins

Cooking time : 20 mins

Serve - 4

Recipe cuisine - South Indain.

Recipe source - Mom

INGREDIENTS :

Tomatoes - 5 nos or 350 grams

Mustard seeds - 1 tspn

Urad dal - 1 tspn

Sambar powder - 2 tspn

Coconut - 1 big piece

Onion - 2 (finely chopped)

Dry red chilli - 3 nos

Salt - as needed

Oil - 2 tbspn

METHOD :

• Take fresh tomatoes and wash them well.. Make slashes on it and keep aside..
• Now in a sauce pan add water bring to boil add in slashed tomatoes..
• Let them cook for 10 mins or till the tomato skin are remove from the pulp..
• Remove the tomatoes to a plate and let them cool..
• Keep the boiled tomato water aside..
• When the tomatoes are cool remove the skin and smash it lightly..
• Now in a blender add boiled tomatoes and a piece of coconut and make it a paste..
• Heat a pan with oil add in mustard seeds, urad dal allow to crackle..
• Then add in dry chilli, chopped onions and toss well for few sec.
• Now add in tomato coconut puree and sambar powder, mix well..
• Add in boiled tomato water which we have already kept..
• Give it a mix and add in salt.. 
• Boil it for 7 to 8 mins in low flame.. 
• Now it done, serve hot with idlies...
• Enjoy..

PICTORIAL :

Take fresh tomatoes and wash well

Take your ingredients

Make slashes in the back of every tomatoes

Heat water in a sauce pan

Once heated add in tomatoes

Let them cook for 10 mins

When the tomatoes is cooked or

 the skin removed off the stove

Remove it to a plate and let them cool

Press it lightly

Keep aside the boiled tomato water

In a blender add coconut 

Pulse it one time

Add in boiled tomatoes

Make it a smooth paste

Heat a pan with oil

Add in mustard seeds

Some urad dal and allow to crackle

Add in chilli

Finely chopped onions

Toss well

Till transparent

Add in tomato paste

Some sambar powder

Toss well along with the onions

Now add in tomato water

Give it a mix

Add in salt

Give it a mix

Keep in low flame for 8 mins

Now give it a mix 

Now it's ready and transfer it into a serving bowl

Serve hot

Enjoy..

Onion Tomato Chutney

Onion Tomato chutney is one the quickest and easiest chutney recipes.. I make it often... I have already post a version of Onion tomato kara chutney recipe with small onions but this is ammas version, she usually makes this for travel as a sidedish for idli or uttapams..  

I can say this is one of the versatile chutneys as it goes well for most breakfast dishes... It's taste is really yummy.. I like to have with Rava dosai.. I prefer to use is gingelly oil because of its aroma and taste.. I dont make the same chutney twice.. and i like to experiment with the chutney.. Sure you must give it a try and let know how its turns out for you...

Preparation time : 7 mins

Cooking time : 15 mins

Serve - 4 to 5
Recipe category : Sidedishes

INGREDIENTS :

Gingelly oil - 2 tbsp

Dry chilli - 6 nos

Garlic - 7 nos

Tomatoes - 3 large

Onions - 1 (big size sliced)
Salt - as needed

FOR TEMPERING :

Gingelly oil - 2 spn

Mustard - 1/2 tsp
Urad dal - 1/2 tspn

Small onions - 2 (finely chopped)
Red chilli - 2 (broken)

Curry leaves as needed

METHOD :

• Heat oil in a pan. Fry dry chilli, garlic till golden, remove to a plate. 
• In the same oil add sliced onion, chopped tomatoes and cook till it turn completely mushy.
• Now take garlic, chilli, tomatoes, onion, salt in a blender and make into a smooth paste. Add water if needed. and keep aside.
• Now make tempering by heat oil in a kadai.
• Add mustard, urad dal allow to crackle
• Add in chopped onions, curry leaves and fry it for 2 sec.
• Pour grinded masala to that, and toss it for a min.
• Now onion tomato chutney.
• Serve this with idli or dosa....

PICTORIAL :

In a kadai add in garlic and chilli

Along with a spoon of oil 

Toss well till light brown

Remove it to a plate

Now cut the onion and tomatoes

Toss it in the same kadai

Mix well

Till it became mushy

In a blender add in garlic and chilli

Along with that onion tomato mixture

Spoon of salt

Make it to a paste

In a kadai add in mustard, urad dal allow to crackle

Add in broken chilli

Chopped onions and curry leaves

Now add in grinded paste

Cook it for 5 to 7 mins

Now it's done

Serve it with dosa

Enjoy..