Vathakal chutney

Ingredients:

1. Onion big - 2 Nos. / Shallots - 15 Nos.
2. Tomatoes big - 1 No.
3. Dry Red Chillies - 3 Nos.
4. Mint leaves - Few
5. Garlic - 5 pods
6. Curry leaves - few (optional)
7. Coconut grated - 2 tablespoon
8. Tamarind - little
9. Rock salt to taste

Tempering:

1. Oil - 2 Tablespoon
2. Red chillies - 2 Nos.
3. Mustard Seeds - 1/4 teaspoon
4. Asafoetida - little

Preparation:

Heat a pan with little oil, now add in Redchillies fry for a minute, add in onions, fry till transulent. Then add in curry leaves, mint leaves and garlic fry for a minute, then add in tomatoes, fry for a while. Then add the coconut, take it off the fire. Cool it and grind it along with tamarind and salt. Now heat the rest of the oil for tempering add mustard seeds, redchillies and asafoetida, when the mustard splutters pour it over the chutney.