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.
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Tomato Puli Inji / Thakali Puli Inji

Tomato Puli Inji / Thakali Puli Inji

A wonderful spicy - sweet Puli Inji.

Genrally Puli Inji is prepared with ginger and green chillies....but for a change... now tomatos are in season, so I tried this and my family loves this instant pickle.
Ingredients:

Tomatoes - 3 medium size
Tamarind juice - 1/2 cup ( small lemon size)
Ginger - 1 inch
Green chillis - 4-5
Jaggery -  small bit
Asafoetida - 1 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Mustard - 1/2 tsp
Channa dal - 1/2 tsp
Salt to taste
Oil for just seasoning

Method:

# Heat a pan, add oil, add mustard let it crackle. Then add channa dal, red chilli.

# Add chopped tomatoes, green chillis, ginger, turmeric powder, Asafoetida, salt and let it boil.

# Add tamarind juice and boil well.
# Once it starts thickening add jaggery and allow it to thick.

# once it comes to pickle consistency switch off the stove.

Can be stored for 10 days in refrigerator.
Pl. do try and provide your comments.
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Tomato Paratha

Tomato Paratha is one of my favorite break fast special recipe.

Ingredients:

Tomato - 3 nos
Whole wheat flour - 2 cups
Turmeric powder - 1/2 teaspoon
Kasori methi - 1/2 teaspoon
Red chili powder - 1/2 teaspoon
Ajwain - 1/2 teaspoon
Oil as required
Salt to taste

Method:

# Grind Tomatos with red chili powder, make puree.

# Mix whole wheat flour, turmeric powder, kasori methi, ajwain and salt. Then add tomato puree to dry ingredients. Knead dough.

# Dough should be stiff like chappath or paratha dough.

# Heat tava, roll your tomato paratha, and cook both sides with oil.

Serve your Tomato Paratha with curd or pickle. Please do try this recipe and provide comments. Thank you😃

Tomato pulav

Tomato Pulav

 Simple and easy pulav recipe with tomatoes. Perfect lunch box special!

Ingredients :

Raw Rice - 1 cup

Onion - 1 big

Tomatoes - 3- nos

Bay leaf - 1 no

Clove - 1 or 2 nos

Cinnamon - 1/2 inch

Ginger - small bit

Jeera / Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp

Red chilli powder - 1/2 tsp

Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp

Oil - 2 tablespoons

Salt to taste

Method :

# Heat a pressure cooker, add ghee / oil... Once oil is heated add bay leaves, cumin, clove, cinnamon,  onions....fry until onion changes to pinkish in colour.

# Make a puree with tomatoes and ginger. 

# Add tomato puree, chilli powder, turmeric powder, salt. 

# Saute well.

# Add rice, with 2 cups of water. ( ratio 1:2)

# After 2 whistles switch of the stove.

Finally garnish with chopped coriander leaves.

        Please do try and provide your comments.

Thank you!