Tomato Chutney

This is Nanima's recipe for tomato chutney, as a child, I remember eating this with 'everything', it's great as an accompaniment to regular food or on a piece of toast, it's genius !!

Ingredients:

500 gms tomatoes

1 large onion - finely chopped

2 tablespoons oil (sunflower/canola/vegetable/peanut ...... just not olive oil)
1 teaspoon nigella seeds (also called onion seeds or kallaunji)

1/2 inch piece of ginger .... grind to a coarse paste
2 big cloves of garlic .... grind to a coarse paste

1 level teaspoon salt
2/3 - 3/4 cup sugar

3/4 tsp garam masala

1/2 teaspoon red chilly powder

Method:

- heat oil in a pan and add nigella seeds (let them sizzle ..... for 20-30 seconds)
- add chopped onions, sorte on medium heat till the onions are translucent

- add ginger & garlic paste and stir for about a minute to cook the ginger & garlis

- Add tomatoes, then add salt, red chilly powder and garam masala.

- Cover and cook on a low heat till the tomatoes are soft and mushy soft.

- Remove cover, add sugar and stir through till the sugar dissolves and cook on a low-medium heat till the chutney thicken and starts resembling a runny jam.

- let the mixture cool, store in a sterilized bottle and refrigerate ........ there are few things in this world more satisfying than the flavors of your childhood !!