Tomato Chutney/ Tomato Pachadi

Tomato Chutney/ Tomato Pachadi

This is tasty and simple to prepare chutney. I basically make it with Andhra style upma, but it goes well with dosa, idli, rice etc.

Ingredients:

For Chutney/Pachadi:

• 4 finely chopped tomatoes
• 1/4 tea spoon mustard
• 1/4 tea spoon cumin
• 2 dry red chillies
• 2 tea spoon oil
• 4 garlic
• 1 tea spoon chopped ginger
• 1 table spoon cashew nuts or channa dal
• 2 inch tamarind
• 4 chopped green chillies
• 6 curry leaves
• 1/2 cup fresh grated coconut
• 1 tea spoon urad dal
• 2 tea spoon chopped mint
• 1 cup water
• a pinch hing

For Tempering:

• 1/4 tea spoon mustard
• 6 curry leaves
• 2 dry red chillies
• a pinch hing
• 1/2 tea spoon urad dal
• 1 1/2 tea spoon oil

Method:

Heat oil in pan, add mustard seeds. When they splutter, add cumin seeds, urad dal, ginger, garlic, dry red chillies, curry leaves, green chillies, cashew nuts or chana dal, hing and tamarind. Fry for some time till the cashew nuts change colour.

Now add chopped tomatoes, and cook till the tomatoes turn soft.

Add 1 cup water and once it starts boiling add coconut and mint leaves.

Cook till the water is absorbed.


Cool and add it in a grinder and grind it into a fine paste with a bit of water and transfer it into a bowl.

Heat oil in a pan add mustard seed, when they splutter, add urad dal. Allow it to turn red. Now add dry red chilly, curry leaves and hing and turn off the heat.

Now pour this tempering on the chutney.

Serve with upma, dosa, idli etc...