Monday, December 28, 2009

Tomato chutney / Tomato pickle / Tomato pachadi

Ingredients :

• 5 medium tomatoes chopped roughly
• 2 medium onions chopped
• 2 tbsp oil
• Salt to taste
• 4-5 green chillies ( add more or else acc to taste)
• 3-4 flakes of tamarind
• 3 tbsp Sesame seeds
• 1 tbsp coriander seeds
• 1 tsp cumin seeds
• 1tsp urad dal
• 1 tsp mustard seed
• 3 dry red chillies
• Pinch of hing


Tomato chutney




How to prepare :

1. Heat oil in a pan, roast sesame seeds say 2-3 min.keep aside.
2. Next roast coriander seeds in the same skillet for 2-3 min stirring
continuously,keep it aside.
3. Heat oil in the same pan, and fry green chillies till white bubbles are formed, be
careful since they happen to splutter right on ur face.
4. keep the chillies aside and in the same oil add chopped tomatoes and cook them
for 5mins
5. First grind sesame seeds + coriander seeds.Next goes cooked tomatoes,salt,green
chillies,onions,tamarind, make a fine paste.
6. Heat 1 tbsp of oil in a pan ,add mustard seeds, when they splutter add red
chillies, urad dal fry till it is golden brown ,finally pinch of hing.
7. Tomato chutney is ready to be taken with either chapathis or rice.
8. Chopped onions to the side make it even more tastier

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