ONION TOMATO CHUTNEY

My love for onion is never ending. 😀 I love eating raw onion, raita, chat with more of onion and all other food which prioritize onion. 😜 When it comes to chutney, again onion tomato combo always brings out my favorite chutney. I always eat extra idly or dosa when I see this finger licking chutney on my dinning. 😅 This is my mom’s recipe and I hope that you all would love it too.

CUISINE : SOUTH INDIAN

SERVES : 2-3

TIME : 30 MIN

INGREDIENTS :

• Small Onion            - handful and more(peel ,clean and keep it ready)
• Tomato                    - 3 medium sized (chopped)
• Red chili               - 3 (alter, more or less as you wish )
• Curry leaves           - handful
• Coriander leaves    - handful
• Hing                       - a small spoon
• Salt                         - as needed
• Bengal gram dal     - one small cup
• Oil                           - as needed for frying

TO TEMPER :

• Oil
• Mustard seed
• Urad dal
• Red chili   -1

METHOD :

1. In a kadai/pan, pour oil  and heat it. Add Bengal gram dal to the oil and fry few seconds till it turns golgen brown(need not burn it). Then add onions, curry leaves, coriander leaves, red chilies and sauté.
2. After the raw smell fades and the onions turn into golden brown, add in the chopped tomatoes. 
3. Add salt and hing. Mix well and sauté.
4. After a good sauté, you can now see that the tomatoes have become mushy and the mixture is cooked. you can switch off the stove.
5. Cool the mixture completely. 
6. Grind it to a paste.
7. Pour the paste in kadai and add a cup of water.
8. Bring it to boil. After few minutes, switch off the stove.
9. Take the chutney in separate vessel.
10. Temper the chutney with oil, mustard seed, urad dal and red chili. Mix it evenly into the chutney. 
11. Tasty chutney is ready to be served with idly or dosa.

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