Green Tomato Chutney or also known as ‘Kachhe Tamatar ki Chutney’ in Hindi is a delicious spicy, tangy chutney. Green tomatoes and green chillies are roasted for the smoky charred flavour and blended with coriander and spices for this super yummy simple chutney.
If you have never used green tomatoes- they are tomatoes that aren’t ripe (apart from a variety of tomatoes called heirloom tomatoes that are green when ripe). Sometimes green tomatoes are intentionally picked before they ripen, but more often, they are simply tomatoes that didn’t ripen by the end of the growing season hence we see them in the markets in late summer and early autumn.
Green tomatoes are firmer, tart, acidic, almost crunchy texture and they are much less juicy than ripe tomatoes. In my humble opinion, green tomatoes are underrated as an ingredient in their own right! If you have never used green tomatoes before then Green Tomato chutney is perhaps the most oft-suggested recipe to begin with and then ‘Kacche Tamatar ki Launji’.
Green Tomato Chutney can be enjoyed with Palak Poori, Methi Thepla, Dal Poori, Sindhi Doda Roti, Moong Dal Paratha, Mint and Sesame Lachha Paratha, Aloo Paratha and Vegetable Mughlai Paratha.
