TOMATO CHUTNEY

Instructions

• Chop 4 or 5 big tomatoes
• Slit 20 chillies
• Chop some coriander
• Add little oil in pan
• Add 1 big spoon peanuts
• Add 1 spoon toor dal or chana dal
• Add 1 spoon urad dal
• Add 10 fenugreek seeds (menthulu) (aroma should some or else they will be bitter)
• Add little asafetida
• Add curry leaves
• Add 1 spoon garlic paste or 5 crushed garlic cloves
• Add 1 spoon cumin seeds (if not there, add cumin powder)
• Add 1 spoon coriander seeds (if not there, add coriander powder)
• Add chillies and mix them for 1 minute
• Add tomatoes and coriander
• Add some salt and turmeric
• Add a medium lemon size tamarind
• Put the lid on in medium flame
• Take the lid off when tomatoes are almost cooked and turn off the stove
• Cool it down and grind it and add water if needed anywhere in the process

Tadka

• Add oil
• mustard seeds
• cumin seeds
• curry leaves
• 2 dry chillies
• add it to the mixture and check salt

Notes