Tomato Chutney

Ingredients

Tomatoes - 3 Nos
Groundnuts - 2 tbsp
Green Chilli - 5-6 (depends upon how spicy you want)
Garlic - 6-7 pieces
Jeera - 1 tbsp
Tamarind/Lemon - 1 flake (depends upon how khatta you want)
Salt to taste
Turmeric - 1/2 tbsp Oil - 2 tbsp

Procedure

Cut the tomatoes into medium sized pieces. In a frying pane heat the oil for a minute. Fry the cut tomato pieces till they release water and are a little softer. Add turmeric powder to this while frying tomatoes. Put this aside. In the same frying pane add 1 tbsp oil and fry the Green chillies adding to it Groundnuts and Jeera to the same. Fry for couple of minutes on medium flame.

Mix all the above shallow fried things in a Grinder/Mixture jar. Add Garlic flakes, Tamarind and salt to taste. Grind well to a smooth paste. And your Tomato chutney is ready.

In a frying pane put 1 tbsp of oil, add to it some jeera, couple of red chillies (dry) and add the above paste to it. Fry for a minute and your Tomato Chutney is ready to serve.

Author's Note
This chutney goes very well with Chapatis and Rice dishes. This is instant, ready to use chutney to add spice to your meal. This has to be consumed with a day or two (storing in freeze for more than one day).