TOMATO ONION CHUTNEY

This is tasty chutney which is a favourite side dish for dosai varieties and idlies.


Ingredients:

Sambar onion-2 handfuls
Medium tomato-3
Coconut-half
Black gram-half cup
Bengal gram- half cup
Red chillies- a handful
Salt t taste
Asafetida powder- 1 tsp
Gingelly oil- 5 tbsp
Mustard seeds-1 tsp
Curry leaves- a few
Black gram- 1 tsp

Procedure:

In 4 tbsp of oil fry the dals with the chillies to golden brown colour.
Take them away and fry the onions and the tomatoes with the asafetida powder in the same oil to golden brown again.
Shred the coconut finely.
Grind all the ingredients with enough salt to a coarse paste.
Heat again a tbsp of oil.
Add the mustard seeds and when they splutter add the black gram and the curry leaves.
Fry them to golden brown and pour this tempering to the chutney.