A sweet, sour and spicy chutney!
Tomato onion chutney as the name suggests is primarily made from tomato and onions. It is usually served alongside coconut chutney to be eaten with Idli, Medu Vada, Dosa, and Uttapam. This chutney is sweet, sour and at the same time spicy.
My mother never made this chutney at home as everyone preferred the coconut chutney. I remember eating it in bucketfuls whenever we went out to eat South Indian food. I love it so much that I asked a friend whose family is from South India to share the recipe. He is an expert in making South Indian food and I usually get my Sambhar masala from him.
Like all chutneys from South India, there are lots of variations to each recipe. If you are new to cooking South Indian food, I would suggest exploring and experimenting with a few dishes and in no time you will have a collection of your own favourites.
Other South Indian recipes you might like are South Indian Vegetable Korma, Murukku Chettinad Prawn Chukka, Appe, Paneer 65, Malgapodi Powder, Chicken 65, Raw Mango Curd Rice, Onion Rava dosa, Toor Dal Rasam and Coconut Chutney to name a few.
