Kara Chutney / Spicy Red Chutney

Ingredients:

1 cup shallots

1 tomato, chopped

3-4 dry red chillies

small gooseberry sized tamarind

salt to taste

1 tsp mustard seeds

3/4 tsp urad dal

1 sprig curry leaves

3 tbsp oil

Preparation:

1. Grind together shallots, tomato, dry red chillies, tamarind and salt to a smooth paste.
2. Heat oil in a pan and splutter mustard seeds. Add urad dal, curry leaves and the ground paste and cook on medium flame until the mixture oozes out oil.
3. Serve this chutney with idli, dosa, kuzhi paniyaram etc...

Recipe adapted from here...