Spicy Plum Chutney

Spicy Plum Chutney

środa, 5 lutego 2014

Spicy Plum Chutney

Time: 55 mins

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons ghee (see note)
• 1/2 teaspoon fennel seed
• 1/4 teaspoon nigella seeds (see note)
• 1/2 teaspoon black mustard seeds (see note)
• 2 green chilies, thinly sliced
• 1 1/2 lbs plums, pitted and quartered
• 1/2 cup raisins
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup walnuts, chopped
• 1/4 cup coconut (fresh or dried in ribbons or grated)
• 2 tablespoons ginger (minced crystallized)

Directions

• 1 Heat ghee in a large sauce pan over moderate low heat until hot, but not smoking.
• 2 Add fennel seeds, nigella seeds, black mustard seeds and chilies. Fry until mustard seeds pop and turn grey.
• 3 Add the plums, raisins, sugar, salt and simmer until thick for about 30 to 40 minutes.
• 4 Remove from heat and stir in walnuts, coconut and ginger.
• 5 Let cool down to serve or fill into sealed glases and refrigerate.
• 6 NOTE: you can replace ghee by a mixture of butter and canola oil.
• 7 NOTE: nigella seeds (kalonji) is also called black onion seeds.
• 8 NOTE: black mustard seeds can be replaced by brown mustard seeds.