Tomato Chutney

Ingredients:

3 Tomatoes(Ripe)chopped
3 green chillies chopped
2-3 dry red chilli
2-3 garlic pods
1 piece ginger
1tbsp Chana dal
1tsp mustard seeds
1tsp cumin seeds
1 pinch Asafoetida
1 piece tamarind
2-3 sprigs Mint leaves
4-5 curry leaves

How to:

• Heat oil in the skillet, add mustard seeds, when they crackle add cumin seeds, dry red chilli.
• Add ginger, garlic, green chillies and saute them.
• Now add Tamarind, Chana dal, curry leaves and asafoetida and saute.

• Then add tomatoes and mint leaves and cook with with lid closed in a slow flame.

• Check once in a while, as it may get burnt.
• Cook till the tomatoes are completely mashed.
• Let it cool and grind it coarsely with salt.

Tadka:

1tsp mustard seeds
1tsp urad dal
1/2tsp cumin seeds
3 dry red chilli(broken)
1 pinch asafoetida
4-5 Curry leaves

• Heat oil in a pan, add all the above and fry them.
• Now add the tadka to the ground mixture.

Finger-licking chutney is ready to serve.