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Tuesday, July 05, 2011

Tomato-peanut chutney

For the final day of Blogging Marathon #6, I was paired with Pavani of Cook's Hideout, to cook something from her blog. The marathon finished a while back, but it is only now that I am getting down to posting what I made from her blog. This chutney is quick and easy to make, tastes good as soon as it is made and tastes even better the next day. Thank you, Pavani for the recipe.

What you need:
Tomato - 2
Peanuts - 1/2 cup
Red chillies - 3
Tamarind extract - from a gooseberry sized ball of tamarind
Salt
For tempering:
Oil - 1 tsp
Urad dal - 3/4 tsp
Mustard seeds - 3/4 tsp
Curry leaves - a few

Take the tomatoes in a microwave safe bowl. Add 1/4 cup of water, cover and microwave for 3-4 minutes until the tomatoes turn mushy. Let it cool.
Toss the peanuts and red chillies in 1/4 tsp of oil and microwave for 2 minutes. Let it cool.
Add salt,tamarind extract and grind the tomatoes, peanuts and red chillies to a smooth.
Heat the tempering ingredients. Once the mustard seeds pop, pour it over the chutney.
Serve with idli/dosa.
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13 comments:

Vimitha Durai said...

Never tried combining tomato and peanuts but looks like a tangy yummy chutney...

Aarthi said...

yummy chutney

Unknown said...

Very tangy and tasty chutnet...

vaishali sabnani said...

sounds interesting!!..will give it a shot!!

Pavani said...

Glad that you liked the chutney Jay. It is quite quick and easy.
Hope to run another marathon with you soon.

Degchi said...

It is nice salad dip for the veggies too. Good one.

Nithya said...

Peanut and tomato is a great combi :)

KrithisKitchen said...

Earthy and tasty.. loving it..

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Priya Suresh said...

Delicious and fingerlicking chutney..

Reshmi Mahesh said...

Thats a lovely combo...chutney should have tasted great...

Anonymous said...

a tangy dish and with peanuts healthy too...

Unknown said...

wow, that looks amazing, and I am such a big fan of chutneys, so a sure try.

khushi said...

this is something new to me....must be a delicious chutney..will try this soon...glad to follow you :)