Onion Tomato Chutney is a delicious spicy tangy South Indian chutney dip of onion, tomato, red chilies and coriander leaves. It is an integral part of south Indian breakfast to go along with dosa, idli, uttapam, vada, upma, pesarattu, appam, paniyaram and pongal. This lip smacking chutney will make you fall in love with it forever! Because, it is different, easy and super duper tasty!

Spicy tangy Onion tomato chutney in a black bowl, dosa on the side.

This onion tomato chutney pairs very well with chapathi as well as steamed rice. If you looking for dosa chutney without coconut or idli chutney without coconut, then it is a must try red chutney.

You will definitely go crazy over it. While there are number of ways to make chutney, one way of making it is I am posting below. Here is how to make onion tomato chutney recipe at home.

Onion Tomato Chutney Ingredients:

The recipe calls for fewer ingredients. This simple recipe gives such an irresistible outcome to enjoy with dosa, idli, chapathi, rice and so on. Primarily, we need good quality tomatoes and onions, which has to be roughly chopped.

Then, we need dried whole red chilies, oil, coriander leaves and salt. Yes, these are the only ingredients we need to make chutney. I have not temepered the chutney, but, you can surely opt to temper it with mustard seeds, urad dal, chana dal and curry leaves.

Again, I would say the same thing, tempering is not at all needed for this chutney. Trust my words! And, follow the recipe to the 'T' to make best onion tomato chutney recipe.

Further, the chutney stays very well in a refrigerator, upto a week or freeze in portions upto 3 months.

Important Tip to make Onion Tomato Chutney:

In order to get the best result, always, select good firm, red, juicy ripe tomatoes for this recipe.
Secondly, red or brown onions are the best choice to go ahead with. However, you can use small shallots as well. But, please be sure to use equal measure of onion to tomato in weight.
Particularly, I use red Kashmiri chilies for the recipe. But, you can use any spicy variety chilies to make spicy onion tomato chutney recipe.
If you wish to, you may add tamarind for more tanginess. But, I would highly recommend to go ahead with what the recipe says below. Addition of tamarind will change the taste of chutney altogether. However, you may still go ahead and use it.

How to Make Onion Tomato Chutney step by step

To begin with, a pan, add tomatoes, onions, red chilies, and oil, mix well and place it on heat.

Making of onion tomato chutney - diced onions, tomato, and dried red Kashmiri chilli in a pan

Now, cover and cook until tomatoes onions are soft and mashable, it will take 10-12 minutes

This is how it should look once cooked well, Cool it completely

Then, add the onion tomato mixture in the blender along with chilies, green coriander leaves and salt

Finally, blend it to fine paste. Onion tomato chutney for dosa, idli, vada and uttapam is ready to serve.

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Spicy tangy Onion tomato chutney in a black bowl, dosa and white coconut chutney on the side

4.75 from 8 votes

Onion Tomato Chutney Recipe

Onion Tomato Chutney is a delicious spicy tangy South Indian chutney made of onion, tomato, red chilies and coriander leaves. Goes best with breakfasts dishes like dosa, idli, uttapam, vada, upma, pesarattu and pongal. This chutney will make you fall in love with it forever, because, it is different, easy and super duper tasty!

Course Chutney, Side Dish

Cuisine Indian, South Indian

Diet Dairy-Free, Gluten Free, Nut-free, Vegan

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 10

Servings 6 servings

Calories 79kcal

Author Farrukh Aziz

Ingredients

to prepare tomato onion chutney:

▢ 3 Tomatoes (medium sized, cut in cubes)
▢ 3 Onions ( medium sized, cut in cubes)
▢ 5-6 Dry whole red chilies
▢ 2 tbsp Coriander leaves ( roughly chopped or torn)
▢ Salt to taste
▢ 1 ½ tbsp Oil

Instructions

In a pan, add tomatoes, onions, red chilies, and oil, mix well and place it on heat.
Cover and cook until tomatoes onions are soft and mashable, it will take 10-12 minutes.
Once cooked well, cool it completely.
Add the onion tomato mixture in the blender along with chilies, green coriander leaves and salt.
Blend it to fine paste.
Onion Tomato Chutney for dosa, idli, vada and uttapam is ready to serve.

Notes

Always, use best quality red, firm ripe tomatoes

You can use spicy variety of dried red chilies, instead of Kashmiri ones.

You may also add little tamarind for tanginess, how ever it will alter the taste of the chutney, But still you can if you wish to.

Do not add any water while grinding the chutney.

You can easily refrigerate this chutney upto a week in a clean airtight container

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Onion Tomato Chutney - Best South Indian Chutney For Dosa, Idli

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