This delicious Tomato Carrot Chutney pairs perfectly with Idli, Vada and Dosa and is surprisingly easy to make!
Carrot Tomato Chutney
Course: ChutneyCuisine: Indian, TamilDifficulty: Easy
Servings
4
servingsPrep time
5
minutesCooking time
10
minutesThis delicious Tomato Carrot Chutney pairs perfectly with Idli, Vada and Dosa and is surprisingly easy to make!
Ingredients
Carrot – 2
Tomato – 1
Red Chillies – 4 to 5
Coconut gratings – ½ cup
Fresh ginger – a small piece
Bengal Gram Dhal – 1 tablespoon
Urad Dhal – 1 tablespoon
Oil – 2 tablespoons
Salt – 1 teaspoon or as per taste
Mustard and curry leaves for seasoning
Directions
- Remove the skin from the carrot and cut it into medium-sized pieces. Similarly, cut the tomato into medium-sized pieces as well.
- In a frying pan, heat some oil and add Bengal gram and urad dhal.
- Fry until light brown, then add red chillies and ginger cut into pieces, followed by the carrot.
- Fry for a few seconds before adding in the tomato pieces and fry for two to three seconds.
- Remove from heat, allow to cool, and then add in fresh coconut and salt.
- Grind together into a fine paste, and season with mustard and curry leaves.
hi kamala
this awesome, it taste really gud, if you dont mind can you add some receipe without coconut as me and husband both have Cholesterol, even this carrot chutney i have made without coconut it was good.
rgs
vidya
Hi Vidya
Thank you for your comments. You can omit coconut if you do not want. The purpose of adding coconut is to reduce the hotness of the chutney. I have already posted some recipes without coconut will post recipes without coconut. I will add more recipes without coconut.
HI.. I am really bent upon trying this recipie.. sounds and looks nutritious and Delish..
What's the shelf life like for this?
Thanks for ur posts.. love the way u have organized ur site..
Hi Neha,
Thank you for visiting my site. This chutney will stay good for a day only. Chennai like hot places, you have to consume it immediately.
Hi Kamala,
I'm a beginner for cooking and tried a couple of recipies from your site.. it came out so well… my husb liked it so much… your recipies are easy to do and tasty… Wanted to say this to you.. Keep posting new recipies…
Do you have anything special for the new year?
Regards,
Githa.R.S
Hi Githa,
Thank you for visiting my site and your nice comments. For New Year, I have not prepared anything yet. You may please see the "Sweets" catagory for some sweet recipes.
Great tasting chutney and so easy too.thanks a ton kamala!
I did not add the coconut and it didn’t alter the taste in any way.
Keep the creative recipies coming………:-)
Thank you for your feed back Gayuu.
Superb recipe.. excellent taste… thank uuuuuuuuuu so much for this.. I the credit I got for this chutney goes to u 🙂 Luv u Kamala amma…
Thank you Shobana for your kind comments.
i tried the recipe…it turn out well….thank you for your recipe kamala amma
Thank you Gowri.
thank you for tasty chutney