Onion Tomato Chutney with Coconut

This is simple and tasty chutney. This is very popular in Tamil Nadu cuisine. This goes very well with any South Indian Tiffin like pongal, idli, upma.

Ingredients

Grated Coconut – ½ cup

Chopped Onion – 1 (big)

Chopped Tomato – 1 (big)

Dry Red Chilli – 4

Channa Dal/Bengal Gram/Kadalai paruppu - 2 tsp

Chopped Ginger – 2 tsp

Salt to taste

To Temper

Mustard Seeds – ½ tsp

Urad Dal – ½ tsp

Coriander Leaves – few

Curry Leaves – few

Dry Red Chilli – 1 (broken)

Sesame Oil – 3 tsp

Method

In a pan, heat oil. Add dry chill, saute it for few sec. And add channa dal and roast this till gets slight brown color.

Then add chopped ginger and grated coconut and saute it well.

Now add chopped onions and keep frying well. Add tomato pieces. Let it cook well with onion and coconut.

Once it done, then switch off the flame. Let it cool down completely.

In a blender, add the roasted ingredients and grind it as with required salt and water.

In a pan, heat oil and add the tempering ingredients one by one and saute it for few sec. 

Then transfer into serving bowl. Serve with hot idli/dosa.