• Nicely wash tomatoes.

Roasting tomatoes(optional)

• Arrange Tomatoes on skewers . Roast on medium flame. You can also grill tomatoes in oven or on grill.
• Also, roast green chili or jalapeno.
• Then chop roasted tomatoes and crush roasted chilli and ginger coarsely in mortar and pestle.
• If not roasting tomatoes, then chop roughly.

Cooking Chutney

• In a kadhai/heavy bottomed pan, heat oil on medium flame.
• Add whole red dry chilli, cumin seeds, once seeds crackle, add other spices(fennel seeds, fenugreek seeds, onion seeds). Sauté for few seconds.
• Add coarsely crushed ginger and green chilli., and sauté again for few seconds.
• Add chopped tomatoes, also add chopped dates and cranberries.
• Cook for about 2-3 mins then add coriander powder, salt, jaggery.
• Add about ¼-½ Cup water. Mix, cover and cook till tomatoes are soft and mushy and cooked well.
• Cool and store in an air tight container. Serve with meals as required.