Onion Tomato Chutney ( South Indian Style)

Onion Tomato Chutney ( South Indian Style)
Onion Tomato Chutney is one of the most popular or traditional chutney recipe of South Indian. We can add ginger,  garlic, with onions and tomatoes. A very easy recipe, which goes as a side dish for Idli, Dosa, Pongal, Chapati, Parathas, even you can have it will rice or curd rice.

This Chutney can be stored for 2-3 days in room temperature, if it is prepared with exact proportion's you can store  in refrigerator for 10 days.
My mother use to prepare this chutney, when we travel by train or even bus for long journey or tours.

Ingredients:

Onions - 2 big size
Tomatoes - 3 big in size
Ginger - 1 inch
Roast and grind masala:
Mustard - 1/2 tsp
Channa dal - 1.5 tsp
Urud dal - 1 tsp
Pepper - 1/2 tsp
Red chilli's - 6-7
Oil -1 tablespoon
Asafoetida - 1 tsp
Salt to taste

Tempering:
Oil - 3 tablespoons
Mustard - 1 tsp

Method:
# Roughly chop onions, tomatoes, and ginger.

# Heat a pan, add 1 tablespoon of oil, add mustard, channa dal, urud dal, red chilli, pepper, salt and asafatedia and roast well one by one. Remove from stove.
# Add little oil, roast chopped, onions, tomatoes and ginger. Remove from stove.

# In a mixer jar blend dry roasted masalas and make powder.

# Add roasted onions and tomatoes with the grinded masala and make a fine paste.

# Heat 3 tablespoons of oil, let mustard crackle well, add the paste and mix well.

# oil should separate from chutney, at that stage switch off the stove.
# Allow it to cool and serve, or store in an airtight container.

Hope you all like it!
Pl. do try and provide your comments.
Thank you!