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Tomato Chutney with Black Urid Dal is one of those recipes that carries both flavour and memory. I learnt this unique version from a small mess in Tirunelveli, where the cook prepared this chutney fresh every morning with simple ingredients yet unmatched taste. The roasted black urid dal adds a wonderful aroma and a lightly crunchy texture that makes the chutney stand out from regular tomato chutneys. This is a perfect side dish for idli, dosa, uthappam and paniyaram, and it brings a comforting homestyle touch to your breakfast plate.  Before jumping into the recipe, here are the important tips the cook shared with me that ensure the perfect taste every time. Always use small onions for this chutney as they give a deep, lingering flavour compared to regular onions. Choose fully ripe country tomatoes for natural tanginess and colour. Sauté each ingredient one by one and roast the black urid dal patiently until aromatic without burning it. Use only compounded asafoetida and avoid Kas...

Tomato Coriander Leaves Chutney - prepared with onions, tomato, coriander leaves, red chillies, garlic cloves, red chilly powder and jaggery. Daily we make different varieties of chutney for tiffin with little variations in the ingredients. Yesterday I tried this chutney with  tomatoes and fresh coriander leaves and it tasted good. We make kara chutney with onions, tomatoes and red chillies as the main ingredients. Sometimes we include garlic cloves, mint leaves, coriander leaves and we can also include chana dal, urid dal or peanuts. You can prepare different varieties of tomato chutney with so many variations. For this tomato coriander leaves chutney, just grind all the ingredients in a mixer jar and then sauted for a few minutes.  Checkout my other chutney recipes Coconut Garlic Green Chilly Chutney Tomato chutney Tomato chutney with green chillies  Chettinad Onion Tomato Chutney Small onion chutney with black urid dal Coconut chutney with red chillies Coconut chutney ...

Tomato chutney is commonly called as Kara chutney in hotels due to the red colour of the dish. This chutney is not much spicy and it has a combination of flavours like sweet, hot and sour. The sweet taste of the onions, heat from the red chillies and sour from the red tomatoes make the chutney so delicious.  Not only this chutney looks good, but also tastes nice. You can use this chutney as a side dish for idly, dosa, poori, panniyaram, bajis and bondas and also you can use this as a spread for bread slices. My son is a big fan for this kara chutney and he asks me to spread inside the dosas.  A simple and tasty tomato chutney with just four ingredients. I have used small onions for this chutney you can also use big onions too.  Here is my other recipes with tomatoes Tomato onion thokku , Tomato sabji , Tomato chutney with green chillies , Tomato dal , Tomato rasam and Tomato pasta .  Here is a short video for Tomato Chutney