easy tamatar ki chutney recipe | tamatar ki chatni | tomato ki chatni
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 10 minutes
- Cook time: 30 minutes
- Total time: 40 minutes
- Yield: 1 jar
- Category: chutney
- Cuisine: south indian
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp oil
- 1 tsp mustard
- ¼ tsp methi / fenugreek
- pinch hing / asafoetida
- few curry leaves
- 3 clove garlic (sliced)
- ½ inch ginger (chopped)
- ¼ tsp turmeric
- 1 tsp kashmiri red chilli powder
- 500 grams tomato (chopped)
- ½ tsp salt
Method
- firstly, in a large kadai heat 2 tbsp oil and splutter 1 tsp mustard, ¼ tsp methi, pinch hing and few curry leaves.
- add 3 clove garlic, ½ inch ginger and saute until garlic turns golden brown.
- further keeping the flame on low add ¼ tsp turmeric, 1 tsp chilli powder and saute slightly.
- add in 500 grams tomato, ½ tsp salt and saute for 2 minutes.
- cover and cook for 10 minutes stirring in between.
- cook until the tomatoes soften and turns mushy.
- continue to cook until the oil separates from sides.
- finally, cool the tamatar ki chutney and enjoy with rice, idli or dosa.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.