Amma's recipe - Tomato chutney

Amma calls this arincha thakkali chutney.
Mom used to make this frequenty. She still does.
Its only me who is missing Ma's cooking.
Ra loves this chutney.

Appearance - Red, Looks delicious and mouth watering
Smell - Aroma rendered by tomato. Too good to be called chutney. :D
Taste - You will tick your tongue and lips together. Simply said SMACKING!
Rating - V said the proportions was right. He ate without complaining.
Cures - Homesickness atleast for me :)

Ingredients

1 Red Onion - chopped
2 Tomatoes - diced
5-6 Garlic cloves
1 tbsp mustard seeds
1 tbsp urad dal
1 tbsp channa dal
1 tbsp chilli powder
a pinch of turmeric
Salt to taste
1 cup of water
2 tbsp oil

Tip - gingely oil will render more flavor than sunflower or vegetable oil

Method

1. Heat the pan and add 2 tbsp of oil.
2. As the oil warms up add mustard seeds, urad da and channa dal.
3. When you see the channa dal turn slight brown, add the onions and garlic.Saute them on low flame.
4. Once the onions start changing color add tomatoes. Saute for 2-3 minutes and add half cup of water and close the pan with a lid.This will help the tomatoes to become soft and settle.
5. After 5-6 minutes add the remaining water, turmeric, chilli powder and salt.
6. Mix well and add another cup of water if you want more gravy.
7. Close the lid and allow them to cook for ten minutes. Since all this is done on low flame, the cooking time will take longer but flavour remains intact.

The chutney is ready in a total of 15 - 20 minutes (includes post cooking time)

It can be served with idlis, dosais and chappathis
Love you mummy kutti. I never learnt it while I was in India with you.
But you have shared your cooking chromosomes with me :D