TOMATO SESAME CHUTNEY (Kugan )

TOMATO SESAME CHUTNEY

Ingredients:

1 tsp oil
1 green chillie chopped
3 dry red chillie broken to pieces
2 shallots sliced
1 cup red tomato chopped
¼ tsp tumeric powder
2 tbs chopped coriander leaves
1 tsp thick tamarind paste
Salt to taste

2 tbs roasted and ground sesame seeds

1 tbs oil
¼ tsp mustard seeds
¼ tsp cumin seeds
¼ tsp urad dal
1 sprig of curry leaves
A pinch of asafoetida powder

Method:

Heat 1 tsp oil, add in all the ingredients one by one in (A).
Cook till the tomatoes turn mushy. Cool
Now add the roasted sesame seeds powder to the mushy tomatoes.
Now grind the mixture to a smooth paste.

Heat 1 tbs of the oil in a pan.
Add in the seasonings, one by one.
Now add in the ground tomato mixture.
Cook for a minute, remove.
The chutney should be thick, serve it with iddli or roti.