Ingredients

• Tomato - 1 large
• Onion -1 medium
• Dried red chillies - 3 to 6 as per your taste
• Karipatha - 5 sprigs
• Garlic - 4 cloves
• Tamarind - size of marble
• Oil and salt
• For tempering:
• Urad dal - 1/2 tsp
• Mustard - 1/2 tsp
• Hing - a pinch
• Oil

How to Make Molagai Chutney

• Chop tomatoes and onion into large pieces. Peel garlic.
• Heat a tsp of oil in kadai. Fry red chillies, karipatha and garlic. Remove and keep aside.
• Add some more oil. Fry the tomatoes and onion till all the moisture is absorbed. Cool.
• In mixie, grind chillies, karipatha, garlic, tamarind with little water to smooth paste.
• Then, add tomato and onion and grind.
• Remove and temper with mustard, urad dal, and hing in hot oil.
• This chutney is served with a tsp of gingili oil or hot melted ghee poured over it on the plate.