Tomato onion chutney

Ingredients:
  • Tomatoes - 4
  • Onion - 2 
  • Red chillies - 3,
  • Cashew nuts - 4,
  • Sesame seeds- one tsp
  • Salt as per taste 
  • Tamarind - a small piece
  • Jaggery powder - one tsp
  • Oil- 1 tbsp
  • For tempering - jeera, mustard , hing and curry leaves ( tempering is optional )  
  • Cooking time :10 mins
   Method: Take a pan , heat one tbsp oil . Add red chillies and tamarind. Sauté it for a few seconds. Into this add chopped onions ( you can adjust  according to your taste by the amount you fry the onions, if it’s for a few seconds then you won’t have your chutney as sweet as  it would be when you fry the Onions for a longer time) . Once the onions are also fried add tomatoes and cook till they become soft..  Add cashews and sesame seeds to it and sauté it for a min .  Finally add salt . Turn off the stove and let the mixture cool for a while befor you grind it into a smooth paste . After it cools down add the jaggery powder and grind it into a smooth paste . Take the chutney into a bowl and  keep aside . Take the same pan heat a small tsp of oil , once it’s hot add jeera and mustard , later add hing and curry leaves when the  mustard seeds crackle . Pour the tempering over the chutney. Serve it with idly , dosa .
   

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