TOMATO RED VELVET CHUTNEY, how to make saatvik tomato chutney

This chutney is really a red velvet chutney, when its texture is considered.
Learnt the recipe from the top food caterer of Chennai in a close family wedding. Immediately what is my next duty???.....make it at home with step-wise pictures and share with you all, my loving blog readers.....my loving followers....
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Ingredients

Tomatoes - 4, medium sized

Hing/asafoetida powder - 1/4 tsp

Split urad dhal - 2 tsps

Channa dhal - 2 tsps

Methi/fenugreek seeds - 1/2 tsp

Red chillies - 2, broken

Chilli powder - 1/2 tsp

Sugar - 1/2 tsp

Gingely/cooking oil - 2 tsps

Salt to taste

Recipe Cuisine: South Indian; Category: Breakfast/lunch/dinner

Prep time: 5 mts; Cooking time: 10-15 mts

Serves 2-3

Heat oil in a pan, add hing powder, urad and channa dhals and red chillies

Now, add chopped tomatoes, chilli powder, salt to taste and 1/2 tsp sugar

Saute on slow flames till the tomatoes become mushy and well cooked

Wait till it cools down (all the NRIs, who use Vitamix or Blendtec don't have to wait)

Blend to a smooth chutney

Serve this superb tasty chutney with the soft, white, fluffy idlis

This post first appeared in www.malpatskitchen.com

Notes

* If you want, you can season some mustard seeds in 1/2 tsp oil and add.

Categories: Chutneys, No Onion-no garlic