Tomato Chutney: A Sweet And Sour Ending To A Bengali Meal Tomato Chutney: A Sweet And Sour Ending To A Bengali Meal Tomato chutney is one of the most popular chutneys that is prepared in almost every part of the Indian sub-continent but comes with its own regional twist. Here is a Bengali tomato chutney recipe that you must try!हिंदी में पढ़ें Read Time: 6 min Highlights As per Ayurveda, tomato is a rajasic ingredient, and is good for health Here is a Bengali tomato chutney recipe that you must try at home The Bengali plate from an eater's viewpoint: At any given point of time, you can classify the Bengali plate, as per the consumer, to consist of one or more of the following kinds of food - "charba, choshya, lehya, peya". These four parameters are how food is consumed by the eater - 'charba' refers to the food items one can chew and consume, 'choshya' is to be sucked and eaten, 'lehya' are those things one may lick, and 'peya' indicates at the things one may drink. These four methods may often merge - a dish may involve one or more methods of consumption. In that, the 'chutney' mostly is classified in the third category - that is, to lick.