Plum Chutney
Ingredients:
2 cups Red Plums
As per taste jaggery/gud
3-4 Green Chillies, finely chopped
½ inch Ginger/adrak, peeled and grated
Salt to taste
½ teaspoon Turmeric Powder/ Haldi
1 teaspoon Cumin Seeds/ Jeera
1 teaspoon fennel seeds/saunf
1 teaspoon Mustard Seeds/rai/sarso
2 tablespoon oil
Method:
Deseed the plums and chop them roughly.
In a pan heat oil, add in mustard and cumin seeds. Let is pop and splutter. Bring heat to low.
Add in chopped green chillies and fennel seeds. Cook till chillies and fennel seeds turn brown.
Finally add in plums,grated ginger, turmeric and salt. Cover and cook for 4 minutes.
Press and mash the plums with the back of the spoon.
Mix in the jaggery and cook till chutney becomes thick.
Notes:
You can keep this for 2-3 weeks when stored in refrigerator in an air tight jar.
Use in wraps or in pitta pockets with salad
Serve as dip with crackers, chips or nachos
Great side for idli, dosa, chilla or Indian flat bread.
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