Tomato Chutney Recipe

Tomato Chutney is a tasty South indian dip or sidedish made using tomatoes, onion, garlic, herbs and spices. Tomato Chutney or Thakkali Chutney serves as a great sidedish for idli, dosa, chapathi, upma etc. Tomato Chutney Recipe with step by step pictures and video.

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Tomato chutney is one of the staple sidedishes that I make to go along with South indian breakfast like Idli, dosa, pongal, vada, oothapam. It goes well with chapathi, frankie, parathas and sandwiches too. We call this thakkali chutney in tamil.

About this Tomato Chutney

Tomato chutney can be made in a number of ways. This is one easy and quick recipe that you can make in a jiffy. This is ammas special tomato chutney recipe that is absolutely our family favourite, infact few of my friends who tasted it loved it too. So this tomato chutney is one of the most commonly made chutneys for breakfast / dinner.

Traditionally tomato chutney was made using aatukal(hand mortar pestle) by crushing onion tomatoes roughly then sauteing it until raw smell leaves and finally tempering it. But these days we use mixer for ease and convenience though the taste that comes from hand ground chutney is totally different , this tomato chutney has its own unique taste.

This tomato chutney is very easy to make as all the ingredients are grinded raw then boiled for few mins along with a final tempering. You do not need to baby sit while boiling just do other works and give a stir on and off and tada your tomato chutney is ready.

Tomato Chutney Ingredients

• Tomato : Choose fresh ripe juicy tomatoes for best tasting tomato chutney. As we are going to grind it you can chop them roughly.
• Onion : Onion is very little for this recipe just for sauteing along with tempering. You can use either big onion or small onion.
• Garlic : Garlic in this chutney elevates the taste and flavour of this chutney so I recommend adding it.
• Spices : A basic simple tadka is made using oil mustard seeds, curry leaves and urad dal. Hing is option but adds good flavour to this chutney. I used a combination for kashmiri red chillies and regular red chillies to give more spice and color.
• Herbs : Coriander leaves gives a distinct flavour to this chutney.

Tomato Chutney Recipe – 2 Methods

• Tomato Chutney Easy version : Easy and quick to make tomato chutney using tomatoes, onion, garlic, coriander leaves, garlic, red chillies etc.
• Onion Tomato Chutney : This is a basic simple version made by sauteing and grinding the ingredients including onion, tomato, curry leaves, coriander leaves finally tempered.

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Tomato Chutney Recipe

Grinding and preparing tomato paste

1.To a mixer add all the ingredients listed under ‘to grind’ : tomatoes, coriander leaves, garlic and red chillies.

2.Grind it to a smooth paste without adding water. Set aside.

3.To a kadai / pan : heat oil add onions saute until transparent and golden.

Boiling chutney

4.Now add tomato paste.

5.Rinse mixer jar with 1/4 cup water and add it too.

6.Let it start to boil.

7.Once it starts to boil cook covered as it splutters a lot.

8.Open and give a quick stir then again cook covered. This is done to avoid burning at the bottom.

9.It starts to thicken. Cook covered and stir in between.

10.Cook until the chutney is thick, raw smell leaves and oil starts to float.

Tempering Tomato Chutney

11.To a tadka pan : heat oil first crackle mustard seeds. then add urad dal let it become golden then finally add curry leaves, add a pinch of hing and switch off.

12.Add this tadka to chutney.

13.Give a quick mix. Cook for 2 mins then switch off.

Tomato chutney ready.

Expert Tips

• Coriander and curry leaves gives a great flavour when combined together while grinding.
• I used gingelly(nallenai) oil for tempering, you can use normal cooking oil too, but gingelly oil gives great aroma.

Variations to Recipe of Tomato Chutney

• You can skip garlic if you don’t like the flavour but I strong recommend adding it for best tasting tomato chutney.
• Skip coriander leaves and proceed with other ingredients if you prefer.
• If you do not have kashmiri red chillies ass 3 regular red chillies itself in total.
• Adding hing is purely optional while tempering.
• You can even add onions while grinding itself and boil the chutney but it takes time for the raw smell of onion to go also the taste slightly varies.
• Tempering is done at the last stage so that the flavour stays. But if I am in a hurry I usually temper before adding onions that way also it tastes good.
• You can either use big onion or small onion.

Tomato Chutney – Serving & Storage

You can serve tomato chutney with idli, dosa, pongal , oothapam, pongal etc. It goes well with parathas, sandwiches etc.

You can keep tomato chutney in room temperature and use it for a day or 2 deoends on your weather conditions. But if you want to extend shelf life then make tomato chutney thickish more like thokku in consistency and add more oil. That way it keeps well for 4-5 days in room temperature.

FAQs

1.What is tomato chutney?

Tomato chutney is a popular south indian dip made using tomatoes, onion, garlic, coriander leaves and red chillies as main ingredients.

2.What to serve with tomato chutney?

You can serve tomato chutney with any south indian breakfast like Idli, dosa, pongal, vada, oothapam etc.

3.How long tomato chutney last?

Tomato chutney lasts for 2 days(depends on your climatic conditions too) in room temperature itself and can extend upto 3-4 days in fridge. If you want to extend shelf boil for some more time, and make the chutney more like thokku(thick) with little more oil.

4.What is tomato chutney made of?

Tomato chutney is made using basic ingredients like onion, tomato, garlic and red chillies as main ingredients.

5.Do we need to peel skin while making tomato chutney?

No just rinse it well, trim the edge and chop it roughly and you are good to go.

Onion Tomato Chutney

It serves as a great side dish for idli dosa and even roti! I love this chutney for the green chilli flavour along with tomato coriander combination…do try this for yourself am sure you will agree with me. This chutney is unique with its green chilli flavour….Tastes best with idlis,dosas,upma or even roti.

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Onion Tomato Chutney Ingredients

2 tomatoes roughly chopped
10 nos small onion
2 nos green chillies
1 sprig curry leaves
a handful coriander leaves
1 tsp oil
salt to taste

To temper

1 tsp oil
1 tsp mustard seeds
3/4 tsp urad dal
a generous pinch hing
a small sprig curry leaves

How to make Onion Tomato Chutney

1. In a pan heat oil in a kadai – add tomatoes,onion and green chillies and saute till mushy. Once raw smell of tomatoes leave, add curry leaves.Pin
2. Saute till it becomes like a thokku then add coriander leaves, give a quick stir and switch off. Transfer the ingredients to a mixer along with salt.Pin
3. Add little water and grind it to a fine paste. Heat oil in  pan – add the items listed under ‘to temper’ allow it to splutter then trasnfer it to the chutney. Stir well.Pin

Serve hot with soft idlis or crispy roast dosa!

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