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.