Take two medium-sized fresh onions deskin them and slice them roughly. Also, take about 6 fresh and red tomatoes and chop them roughly into small pieces.
Now, when you are done with the cutting, take a wok or a frying pan and heat it on a high flame on your gas stove. When it is hot enough, add 1 tbsp of oil in it. You can use any type of oil you prefer.
Now add 3 pieces of dry Kashmiri red chilies. Tear each of them in half. If you want, you can remove the seeds.
Then add 5 fresh cloves of garlic, deskinned and chopped roughly, to the wok.
Now add a 1-inch piece of fresh ginger to the content, deskinned and chopped roughly.
Follow it with 1 tsp of mustard seeds. (Pro tip: You may skip adding the mustard seeds at this stage if you want to store the onion-tomato chutney for a couple of days).
Also add 10 to 12 pieces of fresh curry leaves to the content.
Stir the ingredients to cook the ginger and garlic a bit.
Now add 1 cup of the sliced onion to the ingredient in the wok.
Stir and cook the onion on a medium flame for about 2 to 3 minutes until they turn translucent. (Pro tip: It is crucial to cook the onion nicely. It will remove the raw taste and smell of the onion).
At this stage, add 2 cups of the roughly cut tomatoes to the content in the wok.
Also add ½ tsp of table salt to it.
Then add 1 tsp of Kashmiri red chili powder to it.
Now stir and mix everything nicely for about 3 to 4 minutes. Now, cover them to cook for about 10 to 12 minutes more on a high flame.
While it does, take a frying pan, heat it, and add about ½ tbsp of oil to it.
Now put 2 tbsp of roasted split chickpeas (chana dal) dal into the pan. (Pro tip: If you do not have roasted chana dal, you can use roasted peanuts as an alternative to it).
Stir them to cook on a medium flame until you notice a slight change in the color of the roasted split chickpeas.
Now, remove the cover from the wok to see how the onion-tomato is cooked. You will notice the color of the content has changed significantly and has cooked nicely to become soft and succulent. Add the roasted chana dal to it. (Pro tip: You may also add the roasted split chickpeas (chana dal) when you add ginger and garlic. This will ensure better cooking of the dal).
Mix everything and cook them for about 5 minutes more.
When it is done, turn off the flame of your gas stove and let the ingredients cool for some time.
Take a grinder. (Pro tip: Take a different grinder or wash the one you used before to make the coconut chutney for the distinct flavor of onion-tomato chutney).
Transfer the content to it.
Blend them nicely to get a fine and smooth paste. Transfer it into a bowl as well. (Pro tip: Do not add any more water to it. If you do so, your chutney will be spoilt very soon).
For the tadka, take a frying pan, heat it on a high flame, and add 1 tbsp of oil to it.
When the oil is hot enough, add 1 tsp of split and deskinned black gram lentils (urad dal) and 1 tsp of roasted split chickpeas (chana dal) to it.
Then add ½ tsp of mustard seeds to it and let them crackle. (Pro tip: Be careful. When the mustard seeds crackle, they may sprinkle hot oil all over).
When the mustard seeds stop crackling add 3 medium-sized pieces of dry red chilies to the ingredients in the frying pan.
When everything is cooked nicely add 6 pieces of finely chopped fresh curry leaves.
Cook them for about half a minute and pour the tadka immediately on the paste.
Mix it nicely.
Finally, your onion-tomato chutney is also ready to be served with dosa.