Chutney recipes, anyone?

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I'm on the lookout for recipes for chutney.  I'm particularly interested in anything different & unusual - especially traditional recipes, family recipes, recipes from other cultures/countries.
I've inherited about 50 jam jars so plan to make a variety of chutneys in my slow-cooker.
mona do you have any recipes from India?  Anyone else got one they don't mind sharing?

[suesbird]

I go on Pinterest to get my chutney recipes.

[mona]

@cal I have these common Indian chutney recipes:

1. Green chutney: Equal proportions of mint leaves and coriander leaves. Green chilly, as per your taste (can be avoided, if spicy isn't preferred). Blend it finely. Add salt and lemon as per taste. If you are a sweet tooth, you can add sugar powder in extremely small amount. Due to mint, it helps with digestive issues. This chutney can't be stored for long, unless deep freezed. We use this chutney while making vegetable sandwich as a layer on the sandwich or for an Indian snack called Golgappe or Panipuri.

2. Tamarind chutney: Boil tamarind and dates. Mash both of them and sieve. Add sugar, salt and red chilly powder as per taste. This is generally used in Indian snacks where you need a sour sweet kind of taste.

3. Coconut chutney: in coconut powder.. add 2 tablespoon roasted gram/roasted peanut/roasted bengal gram, bit of cumin seeds, salt as per taste, green chillies, bit of ginger or garlic, 1/4th cup water and blend it all. For tempering, add a bit of oil, mustard seeds, red chilly, 5-6 curry leaves. As the leaves turn crisp, turn off the stove and add a pinch of asafoetida. Pour this hot tempering over coconut chutney. This is used in South Indian dishes.


I am very bad with telling the exact proportions. 🙈 These are the most common chutneys used here. Will add if I recall more..

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mona thanks so much, the coconut chutney sounds delicious! I'll definitely give all three recipes a try
I find the best homemade cookery isn't too strict about how much of each ingredient to use - basically throw in an estimate of each A slow-cooker blends spices beautifully with the main ingredients.
The end product will be sold by a charity to raise funds, along with a variety of jams.

[mona]

@cal that's wonderful to know. I will see if I can get some more and send it over..

[mona]

@cal
Please let me know, if these youtube video links aren't accessible at your place. These videos are from an Indian housewife, who turned popular due to her delicious recipes. You could turn on the captions in YouTube to english to see the instructions, if any video doesn't have it. I have checked, only one or two videos don't have captions.

But, her Indian recipes are extremely delicious.


1. Tamarind chutney:

2. Curd chutney:

3. Tomato Chutney:

4. Peanut chutney:

5. Coconut Chutney:

6. Sweet Tomato Chutney:

7. Date Chutney:

I have never tried these, but find them interesting:

1. Gram flour chutney:

2. Flax seed dry chutney:

3. Sesame chutney:

4. Green tomato chutney:

You could check out, if any of these sound interesting to you! Good luck with the contribution to the charity event - love that 😍! Do reach out to me, if you have any queries, related to these..

[suesbird]

These look delicious.

[willowsmum]

Thanks mona, these look great. I'll definitely have to give some of them a go.

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mona Thanks for the above, I'm inspired to be a lot more adventurous!
Wow! Thanks for all the trouble you've gone to finding these & posting the vid links, I really appreciate it - these are just the kind of recipes I was looking for. This weekend my kitchen is going to be a hive of activity & glorious smells! My daughter's already checked what spices we have & has volunteered to go shopping at a local Asian market store & be Official Taster. My son - a spicy-food-holic was also interested & is keen to visit asap for sampling!
I think a recipe book is in the pipeline ...
suesbird Thanks for the sign-post, I'll check Pinterest for UK/Eire recipes - I'm thinking Irish, Scottish & Welsh would be nice to try.
Awesome

[mona]

@cal Happy to help! Love your initiative for the charity event! ❤

[tweetiepiesmom]

Yum, those look so good. Pardon my ignorance but is curd sold in the grocery store? Do you make it yourself? Can plain yogurt be a substitute?

[mona]

tweetiepiesmom We get curd at stores here. My mom n mother in law make curd at home using a bit of curd and milk. I have tried that once or twice!

I guess, it can be replaced with yogurt. Will get a confirmation with the cooking experts and get back to you..! 🙈


Edit: Yup, Plain yogurt can be used as a replacement of curd.

[suesbird]

I made apple chutney yesterday and just threw a few different spices in for a change, mmmmmmm my mouth was on fire

I am being very good, I made my Christmas puddings, just got to cook them and tomorrow I am making my Christmas cake. There is only me that eats the cake so I freeze it and have a slice when I feel like one. There is only me that eats the Christmas puddings, I do give some away for presents but usually end up eating them on the day!!!!

[tweetiepiesmom]

Love it suesbird! I've never tried making the Christmas pudding but this might be the year to do it!

Thanks mona - I looked for the curd but didn't see it so I'll try it with yogurt.

[samwiseg]

All I can say is MMMMMmmmmm!!!