Fruits are great to eat fresh or in salad but I also like to transform them into chutney to have it with my food. I am particularly fond of eating it with paratha, savory cake, pan seared paneer or as a fruit salsa for crackers. It is equally delicious served with curries, and dolloped on top of roasted chicken and giving the dish that extra added dimension. So just what is chutney?
Chutney is a spicy, sweet, sour condiment, incorporating fruits and/or vegetables with vinegar, sugar and spices. The mixture is then cooked slowly to meld the flavors and create desired consistency, which can range from chunky to smooth. The term chutney also applies to uncooked vegetable-based chutneys that are prepared from vegetables or herbs in various cuisines. In India it is used as a condiment to accompany the main dishes of meat, fish, vegetables or rice.
Once you master the basics of making chutney you can create your own versions using any number of fruits and/or vegetable and adding more of what you like and less of what you don’t. If you’ve not tried making a chutney before, I highly recommend trying this one. It is just as easy as making soup. All you need to do is to mix chopped fresh mango, papaya, kiwi and pineapple with some other required ingredients and cook slowly until thickened. I make it in small batches so that I don’t have to refrigerate or preserve by canning. It will keep for two weeks or more on the counter, if it lasts that long.
Ingredients
- 250 g mango (weight after removing the pit)
- 200 g pineapple
- 200gm papaya
- 200g kiwi
- 1/4 cup pure white vinegar
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp red chili powder
- 1 tsp saunf (fennel seeds)
- 3/4 tsp kalonji 9onion seeds)
- 1 tsp ginger, minced
- 2 tbsp. oil
- 1/4 cup sugar
Instructions
- Skin and chop all fruit.
- Heat oil in a non-reactive pot.
- Add saunf and kalonji. Cook briefly.
- Now add all the chopped fruits, sugar, ginger, vinegar, salt and red chili powder.
- Heat gently and bring the mixture to a boil, then turn down the heat, cover and simmer the mixture for about 20-30 minutes
- You can keep it chunky or mash it.
- If you think your chutney is too dry, just add a little water and stir it in. When it is ready, turn off the heat.
- Let it cool down completely and then store in a glass bottle.
This post is part of Cook Blog Share, Tasty Tuesdays.
Audrey
Wow, look at all of the luscious flavors from the fruit to the spices. Sounds delicious. I’d probably eat it straight out of the jar.
Alison's Allspice
I like to use chutney to mix up my grain bowls. This tropical chutney will have so many applications! Pinned for later, Thanks!
Balvinder
That’s a very timely idea, Alison. I am making grain bowl for my lunch.
Thank you!
Juliana
I have never made chutney and I am loving this one with lots of different fruits in it…thanks for the recipe Balvinder!
Have a wonderful week ahead 🙂
Angie@Angie's Recipes
What a great fruit chutney! I love that you used a mix of tropical fruits…so yum! And those crackers are awesome too.
Monica
Great learning about chutney because my husband loves it and I’d actually been wondering lately how it’s made/what exactly it is. When we were at afternoon tea in London recently, I really enjoyed the “coronation chicken” sandwiches and come to find out, a little bit of mango chutney is involved in the dressing. So many uses for it! Love your tutorial. : )
Evi @ greenevi
I love chutneys! I’ve never tried one with papaya and kiwi, but it looks amazing, I’m sure I’d love this 🙂
Marcie
I love chutney and this tropical fruit version sounds like the best one ever! This looks delicious Balvinder!
Monika
I never realised chutney cooks in only 30 minutes! This is a beautiful recipe, I love your choice of fruit. Thank you for sharing with #CookBlogShare:)
Shubha
I am going to try this recipe ASAP.. looks delish.. great share as always 🙂
Abbe@This is How I Cook
With such lovely ingredients, I bet this is a great chutney.
Anne
Just this afternoon , I was looking for chips and thought of chutney . Bought several bags of chips but forgot the chutney 😀 From the look of those beautiful fruits , I bet your homemade chutney taste as good as it looks !
Treat and Trick
I never tried using tropical fruits for chutney. Thanks for this wonderful idea,,,
Tarnjit Hemer
Mouthwatering goodness!! Looking forward to making that and devouring it!