Tomato chutney

Ingredients

• Chopped Onion - 2 cups
• Chopped Tomato -2 cups
• Red chillies - 4
• Tamarind paste - 1/4 tspn
• Jaggery - 1/4 tspn
• Sesame oil - 7 tspn
• Asafoetida (aka Hing, Perungayam), curry leaves, mustard and urad dal for seasoning
• Salt to taste or 1/2 tspn approx

Method

1. Saute onion, tomato and red chillies with sesame oil until onions become soft. Let it cool for few minutes.
2. Grind the above mix to a fine paste.
3. Heat oil in a pan and add the seasoning mix & let it splutter.
4. Mix the ground paste along with tamarind, jaggery and salt & continue heating for few more minutes till the oil separates.
5. You may add or remove a chilli to make the recipe little bit hotter or mild.