Asia Nora Apricot Chutney

Submitted by MarraMamba

"From Asia Nora Restaurant in Washington. A delicious sounding chutney to go with Indian foods. amount is a "batch" as i have not made it yet. If you do before i do, please send in a correction with the amount?"

 

• Ready In: 1hr 15mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Yields: 1 batch

ingredients

• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 1 inch piece gingerroot, peeled and minced
• 473.18 ml drained canned apricots (about 3/4 of a pound, preferably unsulphured, sliced in half or into 1/2-inch pieces)
• 118.29 ml white sugar or 118.29 ml brown sugar
• 236.59 ml apple cider or 236.59 ml rice wine vinegar
• 709.77 ml water
• 4.92 ml curry powder
• 4 cardamom pods
• 2 inch cinnamon sticks
• minced chili pepper (optional)

directions

1. Put the onion, ginger, apricots, sugar, vinegar, water, curry powder, cardamom and cinnamon in a medium saucepan.
2. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer for 1 to 1 1/2 hours or until the chutney takes on the consistency of a jam.
3. Stir the chutney from time to time to prevent it from burning. Cool. If you want a spicy chutney, add some minced chili pepper to the mixture.

Reviews

[patti k.]

This is a nice basic chutney that lends itself to adaptation to different fruits. I don't really like apricots, so I used a cup of cranberries, an apple and a clementine. I had to add some extra sugar because of the tartness of the cranberries, but other than that I stuck to the recipe, adding the optional crushed red pepper. Thanks for sharing!

 

[Engrossed]

EXCELLENT! Homemade chutney is something I've never made...I guess I thought it was a whole lot harder than this! I used frozen aprium halves from my tree. I used 1/4 cup Splenda brown sugar blend and it was very sweet...I may half it again next time. I used the rice wine vinegar and didn't add any chili peppers. I would suggest removing the whole spices at the end or you might bite into one and have instant fresh breath like I did. LOL. This is a definite KEEPER recipe that I will make fresh for all of my Indian theme meals! Made for the Zaar tag game.