Spicy Tangy Tomato Chutney for Dosa

Tomato Chutney - a different kind of dip for you dosa :)

Quantity - a small bowl of chutney

Ingredients -

Chana Dal - 1 and half tsp
Kashmiri Whole Chilli - 1
Red whole chillies - 3/4 
Onion - 1/4th of medium 
Garlic pods - 4/5
Tomato - 1 big
Mustard seeds - to temper
Hing - to temper
Haldi - to temper
Curry leaves - few leaves to temper
Peanut oil - for frying and to temper
Salt - as per taste

Procedure -

1. In a pan , heat 1 tsp of oil . Once oil is hot , add chana dal and roast it till it becomes light brown . Remove aside
2. Now in the same pan , add garlic pods , roughly chopped onions , red chillies and kashmiri chilli and also tomatoes roughly chopped . Mix everything well and let it fry .
3. Add little salt and let the mixture cook nicely till tomatoes become mushy . Switch off the gas and let it cool
4.  Once the tomato mixture is cooled , grind it with the fried chana dal to a very smooth paste . Do no add water as oil and juices from tomato/onion are enough for grinding .
5. Remove in a bowl and adjust salt.
6 . To add tadka from top , in the same pan , heat some more oil . Once hot add tadka items - mustard seeds , haldi , hing , curry leaves . Fry tadka nicely and then pour it over the chutney . Mix tadka nicely with chutney .

Serve as a dip with your dosa and some ghee :)

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