No Oil Tomato Chutney

My entire family loves tomato chutney. Usually we make this in combination with mint and coriander.

It was during one of our week-end getaways, for the first time that I had tasted this wonderful chutney served with hot idlis. Don't be surprised though that this is at a road side stall where we broke for our breakfast on our way to Ramoji film city. I usually like trying different ingredients in making chutneys, and this simple yet delicious taste inspired me. 

I haven't used a single drop of oil for making this chutney. Yes, you heard it right. I have neither fried the ingredients in oil nor tempered the chutney, still got a wonderful taste which made my day fill with great satisfaction 

Ingredients

6-7 medium tomatoes, chopped

1/2 cup fried chana dal

1 tbsp sesame seeds

2-3 green chillies

2-3 dried red chillies

1 tsp cumin seeds

2 springs curry leaves

Salt to taste

Method

• Dry roast cumin seeds, fried chana dal, sesame seeds, chillies, curry leaves separately.
• In another hot pan add chopped tomatoes and cook on high heat for 2 min. Cook covered for 2 min on a low flame or until tomatoes are cooked thoroughly.
• Grind all the dry roasted ingredients to a fine powder.
• Add cooked tomatoes, salt, water and grind together to a paste. Adjust the consistency.
• Serve with warm idli or dosa with a pinch of love sprinkled over.

Note: You can always temper the chutney with a pinch of asafotida, mustard seeds etc. but, the chutney is delicious as is.