South Indian Style Onion Tomato Chutney Recipe

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Prep Time 10 Minutes

Cooking Time 10 Minutes

Servings Null

Rating

Onion Tomato Chutney is a famous South Indian recipe. This is one of those quick chutney recipes that can be prepared in minutes. It is a very easy chutney recipe with very few ingredients and goes well with idli and dosa.

Ingredients

1finely chopped medium onion
1finely chopped tomatoes
¼ cupfresh or desiccated coconut
1 tbspred chili powder
1 tbspurad dal
½ to ¾ inchginger
saltas needed
smalllemon sized tamarind
pinchof turmeric
1 tspoil

For tempering

1 tspoil
¼ tspurad dal
1sprig curry leaves
¼ tspmustard
pinchof hing
1of hing

Directions

Step1Finely chop onions, tomato, and ginger and keep it aside.
Step2In a frying pan add oil and once oil gets hot add urad dal and also, add chopped onions and fry for 2 - 3 minutes.
Step3Add finely chopped ginger and fry it for a minute.
Step4Add chopped tomatoes and continue to fry and add salt and turmeric to the mixture and fry it.
Step5Add desiccated coconut and fry until the mixture forms a paste ( you can use freshly grated coconut if you want) and keep it aside.
Step6Transfer the fried mixture to a blender and add red chili powder, tamarind, and salt.
Step7Grind them to a smooth paste.
Step8Heat oil in a pan and urad dal, mustard, red chili, and hing and pour in the chutney.

Notes:

Adding coconut is optional, and you can prepare with just use onion and tomato.
Make sure you fry onion and tomato before grinding, otherwise, you would get a raw smell.

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