Indian recipe

Spicy Onion and Tomato Chutney

Name: Spicy Onion and Tomato Chutney
Total time: 20 min
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: onions, chopped (some); tomatoes (some); oil (some); salt (to taste); chilli powder (to taste); mustard seeds (optional); curry leaves (optional); tamarind paste (optional); a pinch of sugar (optional)

Also known as tomato onion chutney, chutney for idli and dosa

A simple, flavourful onion-tomato chutney for beginners. Serve it with idli or dosa, use it as a wrap filling, or mix it with hot rice for a quick meal.

Did you know? Tomatoes and chillies, the stars of this chutney, are newcomers: both came to India from the Americas, chillies with the Portuguese in the 1500s and tomatoes even later.

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1
Gather the ingredients: onions, tomatoes and oil, plus mustard seeds, curry leaves, tamarind and sugar if you have them.
2
Peel the tomatoes. Make a light cross-cut on each tomato and boil briefly, then slip off the skins and chop.
3
Sauté the onions in oil with mustard seeds and curry leaves until translucent.
4
Add the tomatoes and season with salt, chilli powder, tamarind paste and a pinch of sugar.
5
Cook it down for about 10 minutes, until the water evaporates and the chutney is thick.
6
Serve with rice, idli or dosa, or as a wrap filling.