Ingredients :
- tomatoes 500 gm
- whole dry red chillies 4-5 nos.
- mustard seeds 1/4 tsp
- fennel seeds 1 tsp
- fenugreek seeds 1/2 tsp
- nigella seeds 1/4 tsp
- finely chopped ginger 2 tsp
- jaggery 200 gm
- salt 1/4 tsp
- mustard oil 2 tsp
Direction:
- Chop the tomatoes roughly in large chunks ....no need to fine chop.
- Break the whole dry red chillies in two three pieces and keep aside.
- Heat the oil and throw in all the seeds and the broken red chillies ... wait till they get aromatic and turn brownish ( take care not to burn them )
- Add the chopped ginger , wait till they sweat and add the chopped tomatoes at once.
- Add water ( about 500-600 ml ) and salt and cook covered for 8-10 minutes . The tomatoes should get mushy .
- Add the crushed jaggery and cook to make a syrupy saucy chutney ... the color will darken a bit making the chutney a bright red saucy deliciousness ....