Idli and red chutney

Steamed rice and lentils cake(idli) with red chutney. Freshly plucked tomatoes, green chillies, star fruit, onions and baby onions are sautéed in gingly oil with red chilli and chana dal. Blend into chutney, added red chilli powder, heeng, salt and jaggery to balance sweet, sour, spicy. and salty.

Tomato onion chutney

Ingredients

3 large ripe tomatoes

3-4 green chilies

1 piece ginger

1 onion, cut into slices

10 baby onions

1 tablespoon gingly oil

1 tablespoon of chana dal

1-2 red dry chilies

Method

*Wash, peel and chop onions and ginger.

*Cut tomatoes into cubes

*Pour gingly oil, add chana dal and red chilies, saute once chana dal is roasted add chopped onions, green chilies,ginger and tomatoes. Cook for a while.Add salt. 

*Grind to a coarse chutney consistency. 

*Pour gingly oil in a pan, add the grind tomatoes and onions paste, add turmeric powder,heeng, salt and cook. You can add a small piece of jaggery and cook it.

*Cook til oil separates, store in air tight container.

*Serve with idli/dosa, it tastes yum.