Naga Tomato Chutney - Nagaland Cuisine

In our Indian food Odyssey we are in Nagaland today,another North eastern state of India.The state is mostly mountainous and Mount Saramath is the highest peak situated in Nagaland.
When coming to the cuisine part mostly its non-veg,finding out a vegetarian recipe is very difficult.
A typical naga meal consists of rice,meat,boiled veggies and chutney.The Naga chutney varieties  tend to be very spicy as they use lot of chillies to accompany a bland dish.
Today's recipe is one such simple chutney which is used as an accompaniment and this chuney doesn't need any oil or seasoning.Its simply made by boiling the tomatoes along with chilly and garlic,ginger and mash it.Off to the recipe.....................................

Basic Information

Preparation Time ~ 5 minutes
Cooking Time ~ 10 -12 minutes
Serves ~ 2
Recipe Source ~ House of Spice

Ingredients

Ingredient	Quantity
Tomatoes	2 (medium size)
Red chilly/pachamilagai	3-4
Garlic/poondu	3 cloves
Ginger/inji	1/2 inch piece
Salt	3/4 tsp
Coriander leaves/kothamalli	fistful
Mint leaves/Pudina	10-15 leaves

Method

• Roughly mash the tomatoes and put everything in a pan and boil it along with 1/2-3/4 cup of water.

• Once it is cooked and becomes thick mash it with a potato masher or in a mortar and pestle to a coarse paste.

• Naga Tomato chutney is ready.

Serve it with rice.

Enjoy..................................................

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