Simple, practical, and full of everyday flavour, Tomato Chutney Recipe | Tamatar Ki Chutney For Idli & Dosa is a vegetarian south indian chutney made with tomato, oil, and garlic in about 55 minutes. The recipe lays out the ingredients and each cooking step clearly, so you can adjust seasoning, texture, and serving size for your own kitchen.

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

  1. firstly, in pan place 1 kg tomato cut into half.
  2. add 2 tbsp oil and roast on medium flame.
  3. flip over and cook both sides.
  4. also, add 15 cloves garlic and roast uniformly.
  5. roast until the skin of the tomato softens.
  6. cool completely, and tranfer to the mixer grinder.
  7. grind to smooth paste without adding any water. keep aside.
  8. 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.
  9. splutter the tempering keeping the flame on medium.
  10. keeping the flame on low, add 4 tbsp chilli powder and 1 tsp turmeric.
  11. saute on low flame until the spices turn aromatic.
  12. further, add the prepared tomato garlic puree and mix well.
  13. cover and cook for 20 minutes or until the oil separates from the sides.
  14. also, add 2 tbsp salt and 1 tbsp jaggery.
  15. mix well and continue to cook until the oil separates from the sides.
  16. 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.