Mamta
You need a pearl onions, lentil, garlic, red chilies, tamarind, tomatoes, mustard seeds, curry leaves and hing, oil.
Heat sesame oil in a pan, then add urad dal, chana dal. sauté both the lentils.
Then add chopped onions, garlic, 4 to 5 dried red chilies. Sauté for half a minute.
Now, add ½ cup chopped tomatoes. Mix well. Season with salt and tamarind, mix it again.
Add it in a chutney grinder, Add ¼ cup water. Grind the ingredients to a smooth paste.
Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, hing and curry leaves.
Pour the tempering in the Kara Chutney. Mix well.
Serve Kara Chutney with idli, set dosa or uttapam.