Apple-Tomato Chutney

Ingredients

• 500 g apples, peeled, roughly chopped
• 150 g tomatoes, chopped
• 45 g raisins
• 50 g brown sugar
• ½ cup lemon juice
• 3 cloves
• ½" stick cinnamon
• 3 green cardamom pods
• 1 tbsp red chilli powder
• ½ tsp black pepper powder
• Salt to taste

Method

1. Place the apples in a mixer. Add the tomatoes, raisins, brown sugar, and lemon juice. Grind to a paste. Transfer the paste to a thick-bottomed pan.
2. Place the cloves, cinnamon stick, cardamom, red chilli powder, and pepper powder in a piece of clean white cloth and tie the cloth into a bundle. Place the bundle in the pan, along with the paste and salt to taste.
3. Cook on low heat until the chutney is thick. Remove from heat and allow to cool. Remove the spice bundle.

Food-safety note: the source suggests room-temperature storage, but that instruction is not retained here because shelf stability depends on controlled acidity and preservation. Refrigerate the finished chutney promptly.

Source note: Adapted from Isha Foundation’s A Taste of Well-Being (Harper Element, 2016).