Preparation time: 10 min
Cooking time: 15 min
Serves: 4

Ingredients: (measuring cup used = 240ml)

1. 3 medium sized tomatoes
2. 1 medium sized onion
3. 2 cloves of garlic
4. 1/2 tsp rasam powder
5. 1/2 tsp red chilli powder
6. Jaggery as per taste
7. Salt as per your taste

Ingredients for tempering:

1. 2 tbsp cooking oil
2. 1 red chili
3. 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
4. 4 - 5 curry leaves
5. A big pinch of turmeric powder
6. A big pinch of asafoetida

Instructions for making tomato onion chutney:

1. Take garlic in a mixie jar. Please note, garlic is optional and you can skip it if you don't want.
2. Add in chopped tomato.
3. Add in chopped onion.
4. Add in rasam powder, red chilli powder, salt and jaggery.
5. Grind it into a semifine paste. Set it aside.
6. Heat 2 tbsp oil in a pan. Add in mustard seeds and red chilli. Wait until mustard seeds splutter.
7. Add in curry leaves turmeric and asafoetida.
8. Reduce the flame and add in ground tomato onion paste. Give a quick mix and bring it to boil
9. Close the lid and cook under low flame.
10. Adjust the salt and jaggery level if needed.
11. Cook until it leaves the oil and switch off the stove. Serve it with dosa or rice or idli.

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