Easy to prepare tomato chutney – with meals and snacks

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Easy to prepare tomato chutney with meals and
snacks
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Chutney is an integral part of the Indian
cuisine. It forms a part of the main cuisine and
serves as an essential ingredient with snacks and
appetizers. Indians have mastered the art of
making chutney from anything and everything
available. There are many chutneys which have not
only found their fame in India but are famous all
across the world. Many chutneys require a lot of
effort and quite a few ingredients to get the
desired taste and flavor. Not all chutneys
require big efforts. A few chutneys like tomato
chutney can be prepared with a few ingredients
making it quite popular among the masses. Tomato
Chutney is easy to prepare and is quite
nutritious because of the ingredients used in
it. Tomatoes themselves are rich in vitamin A, B
and C along with iron, phosphorous and potassium.
Tomatoes are known to reduce hypertension and
increase immunity of a person if had daily in
moderate quantities. Many people like to have
their meals with tomato chutney everyday thus
ensuring their health and well being. Tomato
chutney also contains onions and garlic.
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Onions are known to reduce the bad cholesterol
among human beings. Calcium, fiber and folic acid
can be found in onion which make tomato chutney
all the more nutritious. Garlic used in tomato
chutney provides the much needed tangy taste and
serves as an ingredient that protects one from
cancer and heart diseases. Read on to prepare
this wonderful chutney at home Ingredients for
Tomato Chutney Oil
1 tsp oil Gram Pulse 2 tbsp Black
Gram Pulse 2 tbsp Garlic
4 Flakes Onion 2
medium sized Mustard seeds 1/2 tsp Curry
leaves 8 curry leaves Tomato
2 chopped tomatoes Salt
As per taste Chilies
2 whole dry kashmiri red chili/Green
Chili, broken into pieces
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• Method to prepare a lip smacking tomato chutney
• Heat 2 tsp of oil in a pan, add the gram pulse,
  black gram pulse and curry leaves on a medium
  flame for 1 minute or till the Pulses turn light
  brown in color.

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2) Add chopped onions to the pan while keeping
the flame on medium level. Saute the mixture for
1 more minute. 3) Add the chopped tomatoes and 2
tbsp of water mix well and cook on a medium flame
for 3 to 4 minutes.
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4) Add salt and mix well and cook on a medium
flame for 1 minute. 5) Allow it to cool
completely and blend in a mixer till smooth. Keep
aside since we are going to add a tempering to
it. Now it is time to prepare tempering for our
tomato chutney.
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6) Heat the remaining 1 tsp of oil in a small
non-stick pan and add the mustard seeds. 7) When
the seeds crackle, add the red chilies while
keeping the flame on medium take care you dont
burn the seeds and chilies. Keep it on the flame
for 30 seconds.
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8) Remove from the flame and pour this tempering
over the chutney and mix well.
9) Serve immediately or store in a refrigerator
in an air-tight container. Tomato chutney can be
stored for two days in the refrigerator. Article
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