Burnt Green Tomato Relish (Air Fryer or Fire Top)

Recipe Cooked, Photographed and Written by Praveena

PrepTime:2 mins   CookTime:10 mins   Cuisine: Indian

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Last week, I made this, ‘Burnt Green Tomato Dip’ for my kids and their friends, during their play date at my home. I served them as dip for butter toasted bread wedges, carrot sticks, cumin crackers and spicy tortilla chips. 

They all really enjoyed the snacks with this dip, as they were watching a favourite movie.

It is such an easy and quick recipe which came together in just 10-15 mins only. And the taste is too good at the same time! 🙂 

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1. How to serve, ‘Burnt Green Tomato Relish’:
2. Possible Alterations for the recipe, ‘Roasted Green Tomato Relish (Air Fryer, Stove Top)’:
3. Other recipes from my blog:
4. Step wise pics Procedure for ‘Burnt Green Tomato Relish (Stove Top, Air Fryer Methods)’:
5. Prep Work:
6. Stove Top Method to Char Green Tomatoes:
7. Air Fryer Method to Roast Green Tomatoes:
8. Grinding into Chutney:
9. Tips & Storage:
10. Result:
11. Ingredients, Accessories on ‘AMAZON’ to ‘SHOP’:
12. Recipe Card & Print:

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How to serve, ‘Burnt Green Tomato Relish’:

A relish is generally used a dip, just like in the above pic. I have served this relish as a dip for Carrot sticks Cumin Crackers, Butter Toasted Bread, Spicy crisps.

Next option, is to use it as sandwich spread. It tastes amazingly well. You may use them in any of my sandwich recipes>>> Sandwich recipes collection 

Possible Alterations for the recipe, ‘Roasted Green Tomato Relish (Air Fryer, Stove Top)’:

Alternative to Green Tomato: Red Tomatoes (not salad tomatoes), can be used. Better to select the harder ones, not the ripen ones.

Replace Green Chillies: Add 1 tablespoon of Whole Black Peppercorn to the blender. But Burnt Green Chillies gives a different taste.

Alternate to Amchur Powder: Adding 1 tablespoon of Tamarind puree is the best alternative for this.

Other ingredients to add: You might add 1 teaspoon of vinegar, for longer storage of the dip.

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Ingredients:

• Unripe Green Tomatoes – 6 (medium size)
• Fresh Green Chillies – 4 (medium size)
• Red Onions – 2 (medium size)
• Fresh Coriander / Cilantro Leaves – a handful
• Amchur / Dry Mango Powder – 2 teaspoons
• Salt – as per taste
• Garlic Powder / Fresh Garlic – 1 teaspoon
• Turmeric Powder – ¼ teaspoon
• Sugar – 1 tablespoon
• Olive Oil – 2 tablespoons

Special Ingredients:

• Amchur / Dry Mango Powder

Step wise pics Procedure for ‘Burnt Green Tomato Relish (Stove Top, Air Fryer Methods)’:

Prep Work:

Gather all the ingredients at one place. Peel the onions, cut each into 4. Roughly chop the fresh coriander / cilantro.

Stove Top Method to Char Green Tomatoes:

Brush the Green Tomatoes, Peeled Onion Quarters with oil. Place them on the mesh.

Put the mesh over the stove top. Let them burn / roast under high flame.

Using tongs gently keep turning them to the other side to get burnt in all sides. Takes 10 mins. Then switch the flame off.

Air Fryer Method to Roast Green Tomatoes:

Brush the air fryer basket with little oil. Place the tomatoes, onion quarters and green chillies.

Spray very little oil over the veggies. Close the air fryer lid.

Set the MODE to AIR FRYER, time to 10 MINS, temperature to 200C / 390F.

Later when the air fryer timer beeps, open the basket. Take the roasted veggies out and use them for grinding.

Grinding into Chutney:

Let the tomatoes cool down a bit. Gently peel the skin off the burnt tomatoes. It comes off very easily.

Add all these to a blender>> Olive Oil, Roasted Green Tomatoes, Burnt Onions, Burnt Green Chillies, Chopped Coriander, Amchur / Dry Mango Powder, Sugar, Turmeric Powder, Salt. Garlic (Powder / Fresh).

Coarsely grind everything. Transfer into serving dish. Done!

Tips & Storage:

• Adjust the salt & spice as per your taste.
• In general, Green Tomatoes are not tangy when compared to the ripe red ones. So, I have used amchur powder to give that tangy taste to the dip. 
• Air Fryer Method: I did not pre-heat the air fryer. I had never done so for any of my Air Fryer recipes.
• You can air fry for 5 more minutes, if you wish to roast the veggies even more, than in the picture below.
• Storage: As we did not add any water, this relish stays good up to a week when stored in an air tight container in the fridge.
• At room temperature it stays good for 2 days.

Result:

• This, ‘Burnt Green Tomato Relish’, has perfectly caught that unique aroma from the burnt / charred green tomatoes, onions and chillies.
• The spice and tanginess are just right to relish this as a dip.
• My kids & their friends, had this dip for butter toasted bread wedges, carrot sticks, cumin crackers and spicy tortilla chips. They all liked it so much.

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