Apple Chutney
A tangy and delicious Apple Chutney
Prep Time10 minutes mins
Cook Time20 minutes mins
Total Time30 minutes mins
Course: Chutney /Dips, Kids Friendly, Main Course
Cuisine: North Indian Cuisine
Keyword: apple, apple chutney, chutney
Author: Anjana Chaturvedi
- 7 Apples
- 1 Raw Mango / Kachcha Aam
- 1 cup Sugar / Chini
- 4 Green Chillies / Hari Mirch
- 1.5 tsp Chili flakes /Kuti hui laal mirch
- 1/4 tsp Turmeric Powder / Haldi Powder
- to taste Salt / Namak
- 1 tbsp Ginger / Adrak chopped
- 1 tbsp White vinegar /sirka
- 1.5 tbsp Raisins / Kishmish
- 1/2 cup Water / Paani
Tempering/tadka
- 2.5 tbsp Cooking Oil
- 1 tsp Cumin Seeds / Sabut Jeera
- 1/2 inch Cinnamon /daalchini
- 4 Green Cardamom / Hari Elaichi
- 2 Cloves / Lavang
Peel and chop apples and raw mango into small pieces.
Heat oil in a heavy bottom pan and add cumin seeds.
When cumin start to crackle then add cardamom ,cinnamon,cloves and green chilies.
Add chopped apples and raw mango and stir for few seconds.
Add turmeric, salt ,1/2 cup water and cover the pan with a lid and cook on low heat
When apples become soft then add sugar,chopped ginger ,raisins,chili flakes and cook till the chutney thickens (no need to mash the apples )
Add vinegar in the chutney and give it a boil.(you can avoid adding vinegar if you can store it in the refrigerator)
Let it cool down and then store in a glass jar.
Keep refrigerated after 3-4 days for a long shelf life.(stays well for minimum 25 days in the refrigerator)
Serving suggestions-serve with any snack,meal or use as a sandwich spread
Note-
you can use lemon juice instead of raw mangoes and if you are using tart apples then skip adding both.