Easy Tomato Chutney Recipe which goes well as a side dish with pulao, biryani or dosas. I had clubbed chutney with peas pulao recipe and we relish this chutney always. One of my hubby’s favorite is tomato chutney or tomato vegetable with chapatis or crusty bread.
This is one of the simplest dishes and made with basic ingredients found in your kitchen. I have posted earlier also an onion tomato chutney which is different from this recipe. The flavors are more towards the Konkan belt and added peanuts to get the nutty flavor and texture to this chutney.
India has so many different kind of chutney especially with coconut, peanuts, sesame and tomato chutney. In-fact even fruit chutneys are made along with green chutney etc. The chutneys ranges from spicy chutney to the sweet one.
You could also pack this for lunch box along with multi grain flatbread, rotis or toasted garlic bread. My mouth is watering right now just thinking about it. Guess would have to eat my lunch a bit early today 😉
The tomatoes should be red in color and fleshy. Don’t use unripe tomatoes for this recipe. I have used kashmiri red chili powder for some spice and color.
Let’s make Tomato Chutney recipe stepwise:
1. Heat the pan with oil. Once heated saute cumin seed.
2. Once you hear their crackling sound add peppercorn, cloves and curry leaves. Saute for a minute.
3. Now add onion and saute.
4. Saute until they are light brown in color.
5. Put the roasted peanuts, ginger-garlic paste and saute for a minute or until the raw smell of ginger disappears. I have added with the skin you could add them without skin.
6. Finally add chopped tomatoes, sugar, chili powder and salt.
7. Mix all nicely, cover and cook.
8. Keep stirring in between once the tomatoes are tender and cooked. Switch off the gas, allow to cool and grind them till smooth chutney is formed. Please don’t add any water.
9. Garnish with few coriander leaves. Serve your tomato chutney with pulao, rotis or toasted bread.
Tomato Chutney Recipe below:
- 1 tbsp oil
- 7-8 fresh ripe tomatoes chopped
- 1 tbsp cumin seed
- 8-10 peppercorn
- 3-4 cloves
- 10-12 curry leaves
- 1 onion chopped finely
- 1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste
- 1 tbsp red kashmiri chili powder or red chili powder
- 1 tbsp sugar
- ¼ th cup roasted peanut
- salt as required.
- Heat the pan with oil. Once heated saute cumin seed.
- Once you hear their crackling sound add peppercorn, cloves and curry leaves. Saute for a minute.
- Now add onion and saute.
- Saute until they are light brown in color.
- Put the roasted peanuts, ginger-garlic paste and saute for a minute or until the raw smell of ginger disappears.
- Finally add chopped tomatoes, sugar, chili powder and salt.
- Mix all nicely, cover and cook.
- Keep stirring in between once the tomatoes are tender and cooked. Switch off the gas, allow to cool and grind them till smooth chutney is formed. Please don't add any water.
- Garnish with few coriander leaves. Serve your tomato chutney with pulao, rotis or toasted bread.
2. Sugar is added to balance the acidity coming from tomatoes.
tribhuvan chauhan says
wao! It’s awesome
maria says
Thankyou Tribhuvan did you try making them ??
Rashmi Prabha says
hi Maria .i have tried this recipe.its very deliscious. everybody liked it.keep postig this type of easy to cook recipe.thanks………….rashmi
maria says
You are welcome Rashmi 🙂 glad to know you liked them…