HOW TO PREPARE TOMATO CHUTNEY

INGREDIENTS :-
(SERVING FOUR)


Tomato - 4(big in size)
Dates - 8 - 10 
Raisin - 10 gms ( soaked in water )
Cashew nut -10 gms.
White oil - 1 tea spoon
Red chili - 2 
Mustard - half tea spoon 
Ginger - 1 tea spoon (fine Julianne )
Turmeric - 1 tea spoon
Sugar - 100 gms
Lemon juice - 2 table spoon
Roasted masala - 2 tea spoons
Tomato stock - 2 cups
Salt to taste 

DIRECTIONS :-

• Cut the tomatoes into halves and put them in pressure cooker till two whistle goes .
• Open the pressure cooker after ten minutes and peel off the tomatoes .
• Make a smooth pulp out of the boiled tomatoes and put it aside.
• Heat the frying pan and put oil in it.
• Add red chili and mustard seeds in the oil .
• Add tomato pulp and saute for one minute .
• Add turmeric powder and salt ( half tea spoon ).
• Add sugar to taste and ginger to the mixture and saute till the sugar melts and caramelized.
• Add tomato stock and mix well .
• Let the mixture come to boil .
• Add dates and raisin .
• Add lemon juice and roasted masala 
• Pour it in a bowl and garnish with cashew nuts .
• Let the chatny cool down and put it in refrigerator . 
• Serve at the end of any meal when cooled .

Note :-

Roasted masala is a mixture of  cinnamon , fennel and green cardamom They are roasted and grounded after that.It is used to add flavor to the chatny .

Chatny is a very popular dish of Bengal .The sweetness of chatny might differ according to taste .One may even use the substitute of sugar to make chatny.