Tomato nuvvula pachadi (tomato sesame seeds chutney)

Ingredients

• 3 tomatoes, medium sized, chop fine
• 6-7 small Thai chillies
• 1/4 cup sesame seeds
• 1/8 cup peanuts (optional)
• 2 tablespoons tamarind pulp (extract)
• 1/2 teaspoon jeera
• 1 tablespoon dhaniya (coriander seeds)
• 1 teaspoon oil
• salt to taste

For tadka/popu:

• 1 teaspoon oil
• 1/2 teaspoon mustard seed
• 1/2 teaspoon jeera
• pinch of haldi
• few curry leaves

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Preparation

• In a skillet, dry roast sesame seeds, peanuts, dhaniya and jeera one after the other.
• In a kadai, heat oil. Add chopped tomato and cook until everything becomes mushy. Cool everything.
• Put everything in a blender or mixie, add tamarind pulp and salt. Grind to a fine paste.
• For tadka, heat oil in a skillet, do the popu in the given order, immediately add to the ground mixture.
  
• Serve warm with rice/dosa/idly.

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