Flaming Mango Chutney

Name: Flaming Mango Chutney
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 1 h 50 min
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 300 ml/10½ fl oz/scant 1¼ cups white wine vinegar; ⅓ red bird’s eye chilli, finely chopped, seeds reserved; 4 garlic cloves, finely chopped; 500 g/1 lb 2 oz/2¼ cups Demerara sugar; 25 g/1 oz garlic paste; 3 tbsp ground cumin; 2½ tsp salt; 2 mangoes, pitted, peeled and roughly chopped

Preparation info

Makes about:
1.3 kg

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr 50

Appears in

The Art of Preserving

By Emma MacDonald

Published 2021

About

This spicy, fresh-tasting Indian chutney is the perfect addition to any curry, particularly a lamb or chicken-based recipe. It is also delicious simply scooped up with poppadoms, parathas or chapatis.

Ingredients

300 ml/10½ fl oz/scant 1¼ cups white wine vinegar
⅓

Asia
India
Spicy
Gluten-free
Vegan

Method

Pour the vinegar into a preserving pan. Add all the remaining ingredients, except the mangoes, and slowly bring to the boil. Add the chilli seeds if you like a hot flavour.
Reduce the heat and boil gently for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the mixture is reduced by a third.
Add the mangoes to the pan and simmer gently for 1 hour until