Tomato Chutney
Tomato Chutney - an essential part of South Indian cuisine, is delicious tangy, mildy sweet and spicy chutney of tomatoes cooked with spices. Serve it with rice, chapathi, dal chawal or khichdi or a simple hearty pulao
Servings: 6
Calories: 58kcal
Ingredients
to prepare tomato chutney recipe
- 2 cups firm red tomatoes chopped
- 1 onion small size, finely chopped (optional, you may skip this if you wish to)
- 2-3 green chilies finely chopped
- 3-4 cloves garlic crushed or chopped
- ½ inch ginger piece grated
- 1 ½ teaspoon red chili powder
- ½ teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 10-12 curry leaves
- 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
- ½ tablespoon tamarind pulp
- 2 teaspoon jaggery
- Salt to taste
- 1-2 tablespoons oil
Instructions
- To begin with, firstly, heat oil in a pan. Then add cumin seeds, mustard seeds and curry leaves and fry for few seconds
- Now, add garlic and ginger and fry until aromatic and garlic get golden, do not burn
- Then add green chillies and oniuons and fry on high for a minute or two until soft and pink
- Now add salt, tomatoes and fry on high heat for another 2-3 minutes
- Add red chili powder, turmeric powder and cook on high heat for another minute. Cook on low heat until tomatoes are soft and mushy, it will take 3-4 minutes
- Finally, add tamarind pulp and jaggery, mix. Cook for another 1-2 minutes until jaggery melts and mixes well in the chutney
- Spicy Tomato Chutney is ready to serve, enjoy it either with rice, chapathi, dal chawal, khichdi or with idli, dosa, pulao et al.
Nutrition
Calories: 58kcal | Carbohydrates: 8g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 2g | Sodium: 62mg | Potassium: 174mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 625IU | Vitamin C: 43.7mg | Calcium: 22mg | Iron: 0.6mg