Kaara Chutney

Ingredients  Onion - 2 (roughly chopped) - You can also use 15 pearl onions instead
Tomatoes - 2 or 3 (roughly chopped)
Dry red chillies - 5 (or to taste)
Garlic cloves - 3
Ginger - very small piece (about 1/4")
Urad dal (Black gram) - 1 tblsp
Oil - 2 tblsp
Salt - to taste

Method
1. Heat oil in a pan and fry the urad dal till it turns slightly brown.
2. Add the dry red chillies, ginger piece and garlic pods. Fry for a minute or so.
3. Add the onion and tomato pieces. Saute for few minutes till both the onion and tomato pieces are soft but not browned.
4. Switch off and cool the mixture a bit.
5. Grind it to a smooth chutney along with salt. (You can add a very tiny piece of tamarind if you feel the tomatoes are not sour enough.)
6. Transfer the chutney to a serving dish. This chutney can be served with idli, dosa, uthappam or kuzhipaniyaram.