Bring some more taste in your meal by adding this sour, nutty and spicy Tomato Chutney. The sourness of tomato & spiciness of green chilli compliments each other. Curry leaves adds more taste to the dish with its unique flavour. Enjoy this yummy tomato chutney with any paratha or roti & rice.
How to make tasty Tomato chutney
Tomato chutney is a very common and favorite dish made towards southern and western region of India. Made almost everyday this dish not only adds taste to the meal but also increases the daily vitamin C intake. Prepared with very basic and simple ingredients this recipe indeed is easy to cook by any one.
You can also try my other Sabzi/Side dish recipes Moong Dal ki Sabzi, Matar Paneer/Cottage cheese and green peas Curry, Beetroot sabzi, Quick Paneer ki sabzi/ Cottage cheese side dish, Bhindi/Lady’s Finger/ Okra sabzi, Suva/Shepu ki sabzi/Dill Side dish, Gaur sabzi/ Clutter beans side dish, Capsicum/Shimla Mirch Besan wale/ Capsicum side dish, Bharva Baigan/Eggplant Curry, Tori/ Turai ka Bharta, Methi Matar Malai/Fenugreek & Green peas curry, Bharva Parval.
Tomato is available throughout the season, so make this recipe any time. It is a rich source of vitamin C. Moreover the goodness of peanuts, makes this chutney a healthy dish.
Tomato is always added for taste in many recipes. However in this recipe tomato is one of the main ingredient.
More often this dish is included in the meal as chutney but you can eat it with plain paratha in place of tomato sauce or pickle or it can be even enjoyed with hot steam rice. This is my favorite…it’s simply yum!!!
Ingredients:
- Tomato – 500gms
- Chopped garlic – 6 to 7 cloves
- Chopped Green chilli – 4 to 5
- Curry leaves – 8 to 10
- Roasted peanuts – ¼ cup
- Salt – to taste
- Oil – 1 tbsp
- Turmeric powder – ½ tsp
- Cumin/jeera – 1 tsp
- Chopped coriander – ¼ cup
Method:
- Chop the tomatoes roughly.
- Grind the roasted peanuts to a coarse powder.
- Heat oil in a pan or kadhai.
- Add chopped garlic, green chilli, jeera/cumin and curry leaves.
- Cook for few minutes.
- Add turmeric powder and mix.
- Now add chopped tomatoes and mix.
- Cook the tomatoes for 10 minutes.
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- Initially add very little salt because tomatoes releases water in large quantity.
- After some time the tomatoes will release water.
- Initially cook the tomatoes on medium flame for 15 minutes with occasional stirring.
- Then after 15 minutes reduce the flame & cook till the water is reduced completely.
- Add the peanuts and mix.
- Check if salt is required.
- Garnish with chop coriander leaves.
- Serve hot.
