Bengali Tomato Chutney is an amazing combination of sweet & spiciness and is popularly served with papad.
Course Side Dish
Cuisine Bengali, Indian
Prep Time 8 minutesminutes
Cook Time 10 minutesminutes
Total Time 18 minutesminutes
Servings 4people
Ingredients
Ingredients and Step by Step Recipe :
250gmTomatoes
10-15gmCashew
15gmRaisins
2tbspMustard oil/ Vegetable oil
1tbspPanch Phoron
1-2Bay leaves (Tej patta)
1-2Dry Red Chilly
Salt & Turmeric as required
200gmSugar / JaggeryI've used jaggery here as I prefer the not so sweet taste of it. If you want, simply replace jaggery with sugar.
Instructions
Take a heavy bottomed pan or Kadhai. Add mustard oil or any kind of refined oil or vegetable oil (whatever you prefer).
Temper the oil with Panch Phoron, Bay leaves & dry red chilly.
After a min, add chopped tomatoes into the pan.
Add salt and turmeric as required. Cover the pan and cook it on medium heat until the tomatoes turn soft.
In between check the tomatoes and break the larger chunks if any with your spatula. Add water if needed.
Bring it to boil & cook the tomatoes until they become mushy soft. It will take around 5-8 mins.
After that add the cashews, raisins and other dry fruits or fresh chopped fruits.
Now add sugar/jaggery. Mix all those well. Let the chutney boil for another couple of minutes.
Turn off the heat when the chutney reaches its desired consistency.
Notes
Make sure to use ripe tomatoes. As ripe tomatoes can be cooked easily and enhance the taste of the chutney.
You can use any sort of dry fruits like I've used here cashews & raisins. You can add dates, almonds also.
Fresh fruits such as grapes, pomegranates, cherries properly chopped in small pieces can also be added.
This is a very special tip among all others. Panch Phoron used here in this recipe is nothing but a mixture of 5 spices : Fennel seeds (Saunf in Hindi), Cumin seeds (Jeera), Fenugreek seeds (Methi), Black Mustard seeds, Nigella seeds (Kalonji).
Do not prefer to add water in this recipe unless the chutney becomes dried while cooking. If required, add a very small quantity of water otherwise the taste will be reduced.