Tomato chutney with onion and garlic can be closely compared to relish or a thick sauce that is spicy and tangy. It is a great accompaniment to many Indian breakfast dishes like Aloo Masala Dosa, Idli, Uttapam, etc. Some also enjoy it with bread and roti.
Dunking a piece of any of these breakfast items in this chutney will surely bring out all the taste buds alive. As the name suggests, this flavorsome relish is made with tomatoes, onion, garlic, and spices. They are all fried in oil and ground together to a fine paste.
This season we got many homegrown fresh tomatoes of various sizes and types Cherry, Roma, Beefsteak, and the like. I made this delicious chutney so many times with all the kinds of tomatoes we harvested. There's something about the homegrown tomatoes that gives this relish a very unique and appetizing taste. You can also make them with store-bought organic tomatoes to get a similar taste. It is simple to make this side dish. This chutney can also be made in advance and preserved in the refrigerator for about a week or more.
Why you will love this dish?
- This chutney can be had as a dip for many dishes like idli, dosa, uttapam, just like the chutney powder mixed with ghee, and even had with rotis or as a spread in bread sandwiches.
- It is very easy to make and just needs a handful of ingredients.
- It can be made in advance and stored in the refrigerator and is handy when you need a side dish for the main dishes.
Ingredients needed for the tomato chutney
- Ripe tomatoes, the homegrown ones, are the best
- Onions, shallots, and garlic
- Dried Red chilies
- Spices like turmeric and red chili powder
- Curry leaves
- Sugar and canned tomato paste (optional)
- Vegetable oil for tempering
Tomato chutney with onion and garlic
Ingredients
- 5 medium sized tomatoes If using cherry tomatoes, use equivalent of that
- 4 large garlic pods chopped
- ½ medium sized onion finely chopped
- 4-5 shallots halved
- 1 tbsp tomato paste canned
- 2 red chillies dried
- 4 tsp Chilly powder Kashnmiri
- ¼ tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1 tsp salt or to taste
- 1 stalk curry leaves
- 3 tbsp vegetable oil
For Tempering
- 1 tsp mustard seeds
- 2 red chillies dried
- ¼ tsp black gram urad dal (split )
- 4-5 curry leaves
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
Instructions
- In a thick bottomed pan, heat oil .Add mustard seeds and let them splutter.
- Add curry leaves and dried red chillies.
- Add garlic and sautee for a while.
- Add onions and shallots and fry them for about 5 minutes.
- Add turmeric powder, red chili powder, salt and sugar.Sautee fro 2 to 3 minutes.
- Add chopped tomatoes , sautee.Cook covered for about 10 minutes .
- After a while , the water will evaporate .Keep cooking till it leaves oil from the sides.
- Add in the tomato paste and mix it well.
- Cool the mixture and grind it to a fine paste.
For tempering (optional)
- Heat oil in a pan.
- Add mustard seeds and let them splutter.
- Add dried red chillies, split black gram, and curry leaves.
- Add this to the ground paste.
- Tomato chutney is ready to be served.
Nutrition
Tips to make a delicious Tomato chutney with onion and garlic
Ensure to fry the tomatoes, onion, and garlic in oil very well so that the raw taste disappears. It is preferable to fry all the ingredients until it leave oil from the sides of the pan. If you are using very small tomatoes, you can skip chopping them and fry them as is, so you can save some time. The bigger tomatoes, of course, will need to be chopped into small pieces, so they are fried well.
Adding a teaspoon of sugar is optional. The addition of sugar however enhances the taste of this dish, especially if the tomatoes are sour and even otherwise. Tomato paste addition is optional as well and you can skip it if you do not like using canned paste. I normally add the paste to get a nice bright color and an appealing look. You can also choose to skip the tempering step in the end as the ingredients for the chutney are already fried in oil.
Hope you enjoy making and savoring this simple and mouthwatering side dish. If you try this recipe, I would love to hear how it turned out in the comments below. Thanks for reading!
This chutney looks really yummy. I bet it would be good on a cheese board. Like many others here, I'm more accustomed to chunky chutney recipes. Thanks for introducing this new idea to us!
Tomato chutney is my favorite and my son loves it. This is is amazing how simple ingredients could lead to such a tasty and yummy recipe.
I agree it's amazing how simple ingredients can make such a tasty recipe . Thank you for the wonderful comment!
This chutney looks yummy I love trying different chutneys I am surely gonna try it soon.
Great to hear that , hope you like it as much as we do!
The chutney is looking delicious and spicy. Thank you very much for sharing ☺️😊😋😋
Thank you so much for the wonderful comment!
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tomato soups are my favourite! definitely will try your version I am sure I will love it as well
Thank you so much !
We also have so many field tomatoes right now so this is the perfect recipe to use them!
Wonderful hope you enjoy making and having it!
Oh, this recipe looks good. I am definitely gonna try that next weekend. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you so much!
Wow! This looks good. I haven't really tried making chutney but it looks pretty easy. Thank you for sharing the recipe. Can't wait to try it.
Thanks a lot for the wonderful comment!
Oh yes, we make this chutney quite often at home. Love it. So flavourful and easy to make.
Yes rightly said falvorful and easy! Thank you.
Woah! This looks really flavorful and yummy! I once made a pumpkin soup from scratch for my baby and she loved it. i’ll try to make this one, minus the chili powder, i’m sure she’s gonna love it too.
Wonderful enjoy. Thank you for stopping by!
I can make some flat bread to go with this. I am in the process of growing some tomatoes, so will look into doing your recipe!
Hmmm. This looks so colourful and delish. I'm guessing a side dish can go with it. Bread? Rice?
Thank you so much !
Looks delicious and oh-so-flavorful! Perfect for this season.
Thank you so much for the wonderful comment!
I've never made a chutney before. The ones we normally buy aren't smooth so this would make a nice change.
Hope you enjoy this version of the chutney ! Thank you for the comments.
I am so used to chutneys being chunky and having large pieces of fruit and/or vegetables so this dish being smooth reminds me of soup or a creamy sauce.
Indian chutneys are usually smooth and thick .They can be a little spicy to be had as soup , its more like a dip. Do check this link https://www.vegrecipesofindia.com/recipes/chutney/
This looks so flavorsome! 🙂
Thank you so much Ronit!