Indian recipe

Spicy Cranberry Chutney (Indian-style Pickle)

Also known as cranberry pickle, cranberry achar

A spicy, tangy cranberry pickle tempered in sesame oil with fenugreek and Indian pickling spices, with little or no added sugar. Great with rice, dosa or roti.

Did you know? Ripe cranberries bounce! They have tiny air pockets inside, which is also why farms can flood the fields and harvest them floating.
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Pickle

  • 340 gfresh cranberries
  • to tastesalt
  • 3 tspred chilli powder (use a third less if you prefer it milder)
  • ½ tspfenugreek powder
  • a sprinkleasafoetida (hing)
  • 1 tspjaggery (optional)

Tempering

  • somesesame oil
  • somemustard seeds
  1. 1
    Wash the fresh cranberries and transfer them to a bowl.
  2. 2
    Season with salt, chilli powder, fenugreek powder, asafoetida and jaggery (if using).
  3. 3
    Mix well so every cranberry is coated.
  4. 4
    Temper. Heat sesame oil in a pan on medium heat and add the mustard seeds. Let them pop.
  5. 5
    Add the cranberry mix and simmer until it comes together as a chutney.

Tips from the video

Serve it with rice, dosa or roti.
Fenugreek is key in Indian pickles (see my Fenugreek guide).
Adjust the heat. 3 tsp chilli powder is spicy; 2 is milder.
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