Cabbage and tomato Chutney

 

Cabbage and tomato Chutney  is very delicious and very easy to make.This chutney increase your vegetable consumption.

Preparation time: 10 minutes 

Cooking time: 10 minutes

Serves: 4 persons

INGREDIENTS

1-2 cups cabbage

2-3 tomatoes (medium-sized)

1 tablespoon Chana dal 

1-3 green chilies

1-2 teaspoon tamarind pulp

1/4 teaspoon salt (to be adjusted as per taste)

FOR SEASONING

1 teaspoon black gram split (urad dal)

1 teaspoon mustard seeds

1-2 dried red chilies

One stick Curry leaves 

A pinch asafoetida (hing)

METHOD

# chop cabbage into medium-sized pieces. Heat a small pan, add cabbage pieces and fry. Cover the pan and cook for few minutes,until it is half cooked.keep it aside. 

# Then Chop tomatoes into medium-sized pieces.

# Heat a pan and fry Chana dal, and green chillies. After that add tomatoes along with tamarind pulp, until all the water has evaporated.

# Blend cabbage and tomatoes together in a blender along with salt to a coarse consistency.

For seasoning:

# Heat one teaspoon of oil, add urad dal and red chilies, fry for a few seconds.Add the mustard seeds, curry leaves  and hing. Let the mustard seeds splutter. Put off the heat.

#Transfer the seasoning to the chutney and mix well.

Tip: This chutney goes well with dosas especially besan (gram flour) dosa.