Curried Banana Chutney

Name: Curried Banana Chutney
Cuisine: Scottish
Ingredients: 450 g granulated sugar; 2 red peppers, diced; 1 tsp turmeric; 2 garlic cloves, crushed; 225 g raisins; 2 onions, chopped; 1 kg bananas, chopped; 2 tsp curry powder; 500 ml malt vinegar

Preparation info

Makes
6 x 340 ml

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Gloagburn

By Alison Niven

Published 2025

About

Customers are always very surprised when they find out what this chutney’s made of: it’s very fruity and well flavoured, but it doesn’t taste particularly of banana. It’s a wonderful recipe though and seems to keep forever. You can use any old bananas: very green ones or really overripe ones – it doesn’t matter.

Ingredients

1 kg bananas, chopped
2 onions, chopped
500 ml malt

United Kingdom
Preserve
Scotland
Vegan

Method

Put the bananas, onions, vinegar, curry powder, turmeric, red peppers, raisins and garlic in a large heavy-based pot and bring to the boil over a medium-high heat.
Turn down to medium-low and simmer for 1 hour, until all the vegetables are very soft.
Add the sugar and cook until your wooden spoon leaves a trace in the chutney, about another 30 minutes