

Tamil
Thakkali Chutney
- Duration: 15 minutes
- Serves: 4 people
Trivia Tadka
Ingredients
- Large tomatoes (4)
- Dry red chillies (sukhi lal mirch) (3)
- Pigeon peas (arhar dal) ( 1 tsp)
- Fenugreek (methi) powder (1/4 tsp)
- Garlic (lehsun) pod ( 1)
- Salt (to taste)
For tempering
- Oil (1 tbsp)
- Mustard seeds (sarson) (1/2 tsp)
- Husked and split black gram (split urad dal) (1/2 tsp)
- Curry leaves (kadipatta) (tear roughly) (1 sprig)
Method
- Soak dal, red chillies and garlic in a bowl for 10–15 mins.
- Grind the soaked ingredients along with the tomatoes to a fine puree/paste.
- Heat oil in a medium size pan or kadhai and add all the ingredients given tempering.
- Once the seeds splutter, add the tomato mixture. You can add water (1/4 cup, optional).
- Add salt and let the mixture cook for 7–9 mins or till the tomatoes change colour and the oil separates on the side of the pan.
- Serve it chilled or normal, depending on your taste, with your evening snack.