Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Apricot chutney




 

    
Iam not an IT professional or a "tech savvy" person so the thought of blogging was a bit overwhelming in the beginning. Now that time has flown by and in two months, this blog will be a year old, it surprises me but I also feel a sense of accomplishment. I am very grateful to the people who encouraged me and that is what kept me going (Thank you :D). It would be an understatement to say that I love food. I think and dream of food and my conversations keeping coming back to food but I did not think I could handle blogging. It was (is) not an easy feat for me. A few years back I did not even know what blogging meant!  The purpose of this blog was to organize my recipes and share with friends and family a bit of my life through it. However, I soon realized that it is a therapeutic experience for me and I have begun to enjoy this new-found love of blogging. 


This is yet another simple recipe from my kitchen that I enjoyed cooking and clicking









 
Ingredients
1 cup dry apricots
1/4 tsp each of mustard, cumin, fennel and fenugreek seeds
3-4 cloves
1/2 tsp ground fennel seeds
1 small cardamom
1/2 tsp smoked paprika or red chili powder
2-3 whole dry red chilies
a sprig of curry leaves
a pinch of turmeric
1/4 tsp brown sugar
salt to taste
1 tbsp oil








Method
Soak the dry apricots in water for about half and hour. Drain and chop them in a blender to fine pieces. Heat oil in a pan and drop all the seeds in. Cover the pan and let the seeds splutter. Add the cloves, cardamom, red chili pieces and curry leaves. Stir for a few seconds and add the chopped apricots to it. Add in the turmeric, salt, sugar, paprika, ground fennel seeds and let it cook for about 5 minutes. Cool and serve.  I used it as a spread in sandwich or a relish with crackers and cheese or just with plain old roasted papad.








13 comments:

  1. A dash of cinnamon as ingredient....try it!

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  2. Wow! I have never eaten this chutney (nor seen it anywhere) - but it looks delicious! I am such a fan of all kinds of chutney!

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  3. Slurp,fingerlicking chutney..looks inviting and super tempting..

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  4. What a uniwue & mouthwatering chutney!!!
    Prathima Rao
    Prats Corner

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  5. And this chutney lasts for a week or so??
    Prathima Rao
    Prats Corner

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  6. Thank you!! Try it out and tell me if you liked it.It tastes a bit like mango chutney.

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  7. Cinnamon is a great idea too! Will add that next time!

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  8. Prathima the chutney lasts for about a week in the refrigerator. Hope you like it!

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  9. What beautiful pictures! I've wanted to make a mango chutney for a while now but I keep putting it off. And now I'm distracted by this apricot chutney! Looks delicious!

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  10. Looks tempting! Gorgeous pictures too!

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  11. Love the sweet , sour & spicy flavors & the combo of spices that you used..gonna try this soon!

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  12. Loved your blog and pictures!

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  13. There's nothing better than homemade chutney! I think this recipe would go great on some crostinis. You can check out my crostini recipe at: http://bit.ly/chutcrosti and please take a look at my other recipes! Thanks for sharing this delicious chutney recipe!

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