Name: Fresh tomato chutney with mustard seeds
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: 10 ml/2 tsp ground cumin; 50 g/2 oz palm sugar (jaggery), grated, or 30 ml/2 tbsp dark brown sugar; 2.5 ml/½ tsp nigella seeds; 30 ml/2 tbsp sunflower oil or olive oil; 2.5 ml/½ tsp black mustard seeds; 500 g/1¼ lb tomatoes, skinned and chopped; 3.75 ml/1 ¼ tsp salt, or to taste

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Complete Indian Regional Cookbook

By Mridula Baljekar

Published 2017

About

With its distinctive sweet, hot and slightly tart taste, Bilahir Oambal is an enticing side dish that will enhance any Indian meal. It is very easy to make and requires only a few common ingredients, and tastes far superior to any store-bought chutney. Leftovers will keep in the refrigerator for up to four weeks.

Ingredients

30 ml/2 tbsp sunflower oil or olive oil
2.5 ml/½

Method

Heat the sunflower or olive oil in a medium-sized, heavy pan over a medium heat. When it is hot, but not smoking, add the mustard seeds and fry for a few seconds until they start to pop.
Add the nigella seeds, followed by the chopped t