easy Tomato Chutney Recipe | Tamatar Ki Chutney For Idli & Dosa
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 10 minutes
- Cook time: 45 minutes
- Total time: 55 minutes
- Yield: 1 box
- Category: chutney
- Cuisine: south indian
Ingredients
for roasting:
- 1 kg tomato
- 2 tbsp oil
- 15 clove garlic
for chutney:
- ½ cup oil
- 1 tsp mustard
- 1 tsp urad dal
- 1 tsp chana dal
- ¼ tsp methi
- 2 dried red chilli (broken)
- few curry leaves
- pinch hing
- 4 tbsp chilli powder
- 1 tsp turmeric
- 2 tbsp salt
- 1 tbsp jaggery
Method
- firstly, in pan place 1 kg tomato cut into half.
- add 2 tbsp oil and roast on medium flame.
- flip over and cook both sides.
- also, add 15 cloves garlic and roast uniformly.
- roast until the skin of the tomato softens.
- cool completely, and tranfer to the mixer grinder.
- grind to smooth paste without adding any water. keep aside.
- in a large kadai, heat ½ cup oil. add 1 tsp mustard, 1 tsp urad dal, 1 tsp chana dal, ¼ tsp methi, 2 dried red chilli, a few curry leaves and pinch hing.
- splutter the tempering keeping the flame on medium.
- keeping the flame on low, add 4 tbsp chilli powder and 1 tsp turmeric.
- saute on low flame until the spices turn aromatic.
- further, add the prepared tomato garlic puree and mix well.
- cover and cook for 20 minutes or until the oil separates from the sides.
- also, add 2 tbsp salt and 1 tbsp jaggery.
- mix well and continue to cook until the oil separates from the sides.
- finally, enjoy tomato chutney 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.