Green Tomato Chutney-Thakkali Kai Chutney Recipe
Green Tomato Chutney is a simple dish prepared with raw tomatoes. It is easy to make and tastes delicious. It goes well with rice, idli, dosa and chapati.
Ingredients
Ingredients needed
- 2 tbsp Oil
- 2 tbsp Urad dal
- 3 Red Chillies
- 1 Green Chillies
- 1 Onion chopped
- 4 Green Tomato (medium size)
- Coriander leaves (fistful)
- 1/4 cup Roasted Peanuts
- Salt needed
- Curry leaves (a sprig)
For the Seasoning (optional)
- 1 tsp Oil
- 1 tsp Mustard seeds
- Curry leaves (a sprig)
Instructions
Preparations
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Chop onions and tomatoes and keep it aside.
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Roast 1/4 cup of peanuts and keep it aside or use roasted peanuts.
Method
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Heat 2 tbsp of oil, add 2 tbsp of urad dal, 3 red chillies and 1 green chilli.
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Saute until dal turns golden brown.
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Once dal turns golden brown, remove from pan.
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In the same pan, add chopped onions, curry leaves and saute until onions turns transparent.
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When onions turn transparent, add the chopped green tomatoes.
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Add salt needed and cook until tomatoes turn soft.
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Once the green tomatoes are well cooked, add a fistful of coriander leaves and turn off the heat. Saute in the heat of the pan. Leave it to cool.
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First dry grind the dal coarsely and keep it aside.
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Then blend the cooked tomatoes, roasted peanuts and the powdered dal together to a coarse paste adding little water.
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Our Green tomato chutney is ready.
Seasoning (optional)
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Heat a tsp of oil, add mustard seeds, when it splutters, turn off the heat, add curry leaves, saute for a few seconds and add to the chutney.
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Enjoy green tomato chutney with idli, dosa, chapati and rice.