Tomato Chutney

Ingredients:

1. Ripe tomatoes - 3 large
2. Onions - 2 medium
3. Green chillies - 3
4. Garlic - 4 pods
5. Jeera - 1 tsp.
6. Coconut - 1 tbsp.
7. Salt - to taste
8. Oil - 1 tsp. (for seasoning)
9. Mustard - 1/2 tsp.

Procedure:

1. Chop onions and tomatoes into large pieces.
2. In a heated pan, add tomatoes, onions, green chillies, jeera, garlic and roast them with closed lid for around 5 minutes. Do not add oil or water. They should be roasted and give out a slightly burnt smell. Stir once or twice in between to facilitate even roasting and to prevent excessive burning.
3. Grind the above with coconut and salt.
4. Pour the ground chutney back to the pan and boil for 2-3 minutes.
5. Season with oil and mustard seeds.

It goes great with idlis.  

You can omit the coconut if you want. That would make a more tangy and less coarse chutney.