Aloo Bukhara Chutney
Aloo Bukhara Chutney is a tangy, sweet-sour relish made from plums, sugar, and spices, perfect with Indian meals.
Ingredients
1 cup = 250 ml
- 6 plums/aloo bukhara
- 3/4 cup jaggery (or sugar - adjust to taste)
- 1 tbsp melon seeds
- 1 tbsp raisins
- Seeds of 4 green cardamoms
- Seeds of 1 black cardamom
- 1 tsp roasted cumin seeds
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp black salt
- 1 tsp red chilli powder
- 1/4 tsp garam masala
- Juice of 1 lemon
- 1/2 cup water
Instructions
- Wash, cut plum and remove the seeds.
- Add to the grinder jar.
- Also add roasted cumin seeds, cardamom seeds, black cardamom seeds and water.
- Grind to a smooth puree. Keep aside.
- Take melon seeds and roast on low heat till they puff up. Do not brown them.
- Take the seeds out.
- Add plum puree in the same pan. Also add jaggery, salt, black salt, red chilli powder, garam masala and raisins.
- Mix well and let jaggery melt.
- Keep cooking on low heat and keep stirring until the mixture turns thick.
- Take the pan off the heat.
- Add melon seeds roasted earlier.
- Also add lemon juice. Mix.
- Chutney is ready. Enjoy.
Notes
- Pick soft and ripe plum to make this chutney as they are more juicy and sweet.
- You can easily skip melon seeds and raisins but their presence make it chutney more delicious.
- Do not discard the lemon peel after using. This peel can be the part of most delicious lemon peel pickle recipe.