My mom makes a tomato garlic chutney that goes well with parathas and chapati. This recipe is also a similar one, sent by a reader Aby senthil, who had already sent me the beetroot pulao recipe I posted earlier. This was sent by her long time back, today I tried for our breakfast and thought of blogging too. This is a spicy and garlic flavored tomato based chutney without onion. Goes well with idli and dosa and can be made easily.
Tomato garlic chutney recipe
Recipe Cuisine: Indian | Recipe Category: Side dish
Prep Time: 2 mins | Cook time: 10 mins | Serves: 2
Prep Time: 2 mins | Cook time: 10 mins | Serves: 2
Ingredients
Tomato – 2
Garlic – 8 flakes
Red chilli – 8
Salt as needed
Garlic – 8 flakes
Red chilli – 8
Salt as needed
To temper
Sesame oil – 2 tblsp
Mustard – 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves – few
Mustard – 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves – few
Method
- Peel garlic, chop tomato roughly and grind both with red chillies and salt to a smooth paste without any water.
- In a kadai, heat oil, temper with mustard, curry leaves and pour the ground paste.
- It may splutter, so be careful as you pour and cook covered in medium flame for 4 minutes or until the garlic smell is fragrant and oil separates.
Notes
- I used small variety garlic, so if you use big variety, reduce to 4.
- Tomato should be red ripe for best taste and colour.
- Red chillies must be added as mentioned to balance the tanginess of tomato.
Serve with hot idli or dosa. If you want you can top with sesame oil. 
Hari Poornima
April 28, 2015 at 7:43 amWow.. The color and texture of the chutney is awesome… Easy to cook
Sundari Mohan
April 28, 2015 at 7:44 amCan we do with garlic paste or without garlic? Will it taste same?
Kaveri Venkatesh
April 28, 2015 at 7:52 amNice color and looks delicious
MANIMEKALAI RAMKUMAR
April 28, 2015 at 10:53 amWow Colourful chutnry
Aahan Chatterjee
April 28, 2015 at 2:53 pmThanks for the recipe.
Gayathri Ramanan
April 29, 2015 at 4:54 amlovely colour chutney, looks yummy
Abhirami Lakshmanan
April 29, 2015 at 7:23 amYummy yummy
Raks anand
April 29, 2015 at 10:07 amFresh garlic will taste best, you can try paste though. Without garlic, it will be very plain as this is a main ingredient.
Fa's Kitchen
May 6, 2015 at 7:40 amlooks yummy and mouth watering.. tomato chutney is one of my all time fav
Selvi Thanga
May 22, 2015 at 10:00 amReally very nice… I loved it.. I served to my friend also.. She also loved it.. Keep posting.. Thank you so much
Sumaiyah Maroofi
September 4, 2015 at 5:35 amI m craving for this…..in fact for all of your recipes….keep up the good work☆
Aparna Ponnappa
November 8, 2015 at 5:47 pmHi – am linking this recipe on my blog – very close to my own recipe. Beautifully written by you – am drooling already!
Deepali Sheth
March 19, 2016 at 1:48 amCan i know the shelf life of this chutney
Raks anand
March 19, 2016 at 1:52 amYou have to consume within the day, maximum next day in fridge.