Name: Purple Chowchow, Curtido Style
Yield: Makes about 7 pint jars
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1½ teaspoons ground cayenne; 5½ pounds purple cabbage (about 2 medium heads), cored and coarsely chopped; 10 ounces red onion (about 1 large), peeled and coarsely chopped; 3 tablespoons pure kosher salt; 5 cups cider vinegar (5% acidity); 2 cups packed brown sugar; 1 tablespoon cumin seeds, toasted; 1 tablespoon ground cumin; 1 tablespoon dried oregano; 4 ounces (2 large) carrots, peeled and coarsely chopped; 1 pound red bell peppers (about 2 large), seeded and coarsely chopped

Preparation info

Makes about
7
pint jars

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Canning for a New Generation by Liana Krissoff

By Liana Krissoff

Published 2010

About

Chowchow: (N.) A sweet-sour relish popular in the deep south, usually with a base of cabbage and/or green tomato and spiced with mustard seeds and celery seeds; Typically served with beans or potatoes or as a condiment on hot dogs. Curtido: (n.) A fermented cabbage slaw native to El Salvador and spiced primarily with cumin; typically served with pupusas.

This relish was inspired by both of these, and I think it would be right at home in the New South with its gr