NOSTALGIC...........A DESI TOMATO CHUTNEY TRIBUTE TO DADI(grandma)..!!

Whenever, I eat this dish with pipping hot chapatis, I go back in the past.....feeling nostalgic....This recipe is a tribute to my grandma(Metilda Francis)......its been a year she is not between us....may her soul rest in peace...!! Where ever she is, she might be looking at me and smiling that I remember her dishes...:-)....I clearly remember ,when I was about 10-12 yrs old she used to cook different dishes for us kids, and tomato chutney is one them,and it tasted so good....She even used to make tomato ketchup at home...I have to dig out the home-made ketchup recipe of her's, from some where as well , I think my aunt will help me..................I undoubtedly, can't even replicate this dish #fact...........the taste,the essence and the delicate sweet and sour tomato flavour that she brought to the dish, nobody can..........I wish I could have that tasty dish made by her for me again, but that's impossible.............Never mind......:)..........at least her grand-daughter is trying to revive the dish back....
So, here's the recipe-
INGREDIENTS-
1.two chopped tomato's (30 calories in 1)
2.one julienne sliced onion(40 calories in 1)
3.peas 50 g(40 calories in 50 gms)
4.one green chilly
5.coriander
6.salt
7.half tbsp turmeric/haldi powder
8.a pinch of dried red chilly powder.
9.garlic(optional)
10.olive oil 1tbsp(40calories in 1tbsp)
TOTAL CALORIES-180
STEPS-
Heat a deep non stick pan well.....add 1tbsp olive oil to it.....add julienne sliced onions and green chilly to that sizzling oil.....cook till it's caramalised...........Than, add all the dry ingredients, i.e; salt, turmeric powder and a pinch of dried red chilly powder....Stir well......Throw the rest of the ingredients , viz; all the chopped tomatos, peas and half of the coriander into the pan.........mix well and cover it with a lid.........this dish will be ready in  6-7minutes...........before serving garnish it with the remaining half coriander.........Enjoy it.......with hot hot Chapatis or rice.........:)
B'BYE...........
                                                                                                            ABHILASHA.FRANCIS

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