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South Indian Style Tomato Onion Chutney Output

Tomato Chutney

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Tomato Chutney is a simple, tasty, and delicious South Indian sidedish or dips. It is prepared with onion, tomato, a few Indian spices, and herbs and it is usually served with South Indian breakfast dishes like Idli, dosa, upma, Pongal, and rotis. This can also be prepared with garlic, tamarind, coconut, peanuts, coriander leaves, mint leaves, and without onion.
Course Dips & Condiments
Cuisine South Indian
Diet Vegan
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Servings 4 servings
Calories 309
Author Sangeetha Vel

Ingredients

  • 5 Tomato chopped
  • 2 Onion sliced
  • 8 Dry Red Chili
  • 1 tsp Chana Dal
  • 1 tsp Urad Dal
  • 1 tsp Mustard Seeds
  • 1 sprig Curry Leaves
  • ½ cup Oil
  • Salt as needed
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Instructions

To Prepare Tomato or Onion Tomato Chutney

  • In a pan with medium heat, pour oil and add chana dal, urad dal, and allow it to sizzle
    Adding chana dal, urad dal, and allow it to sizzle
  • Add the sliced onions, dry red chili, and saute until onion turns soft
    Adding Onion and red chili and sautéing
  • Add the chopped tomatoes and saute until it turns mushy
    Adding tomato and sautéing
  • Transfer the onion-tomato mixture to the blender and grind it to smooth paste(Make sure to allow the mixture to cool down completely before grinding to avoid exploding the chutney from the blender)
    Grinding tomato onion mix in a blender
  • In a pan again, pour oil and temper mustard seeds, curry leaves, and give a quick saute
    Adding oil and mustard seeds, curry leaves and sautéing
  • Pour the ground onion tomato chutney, salt, and mix well
    Adding ground tomato onion mix and combining
  • Now the Onion Tomato chutney is ready for you to taste and enjoy
    Cooked tomato onion chutney

To Serve

  • Serve this delicious Onion Tomato Chutney with dosa, Idli, uttapam, appam, upma, or rice
    Serving tomato onion chutney

Notes

  • Make sure to saute the onion and tomatoes to the right consistency without burning them to achieve a tasty onion tomato chutney
  • Always make sure to cool down any mixture that is hot before grinding it in a blender. This will avoid exploding due to the pressure build by the heat
  • Though the final tempering part is optional, it really enhances the taste and flavor of the onion tomato chutney

Nutrition

Serving: 1serving | Calories: 309kcal | Carbohydrates: 13g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 29g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 8g | Monounsaturated Fat: 18g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Sodium: 10mg | Potassium: 450mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 1301IU | Vitamin C: 35mg | Calcium: 35mg | Iron: 1mg