Ingredients

The following ingredients have 2 Servings
  • 1 cup onion (roughly chopped)
  • 1 cup tomato (roughly chopped)
  • 2 red chili (dried)
  • 1/2 tsp salt (or to taste)
  • 1 tsp vegetable oil (preferably sesame oil)
  • 1 tsp black mustard seeds
  • 1 tsp urad dal (skinless black gram)
  • 5 curry leaves

Instruction

  • Grind onion, tomato, red chilies and salt in a blender.
  • Over medium heat, in a pan add vegetable oil, black mustard seeds, uad dal, and curry leaves.
  • Wait till the mustard seeds splutter. And add the ground onion mixture.
  • Stir occasionally to prevent it from getting sticking to the pan, and cook until it reduces to 1/4th of its quantity. And in this stage oil starts separated from the chutney.
  • Remove it from the heat and serve onion chutney with drizzling with sesame oil.
  • Serve with dosa or idli.