Sweet And Spicy Apple Chutney

I stopped getting store bought jams ever since I started making jams and preserves at home. I want my child to eat healthy food. She eats a chapatti everyday and she wants jams or chutneys to have with the chapatti. Sometimes I make banana halwa or goad meil. Goad meil is sweet and spicy jam made with raw mangoes and jaggery to which some spices are added. The kid loves this chutney. Not just the kid, but everyone loves it and it is a traditional type of chutney that we make in Goa.

I grew up eating this Goad meil and still love it. Whenever someone visits Bangalore, my mom sends a bottle or two of this goad meil and we then enjoy our breakfast. Sometimes when I feel too tired to cook dinner, I just make chapatis and we have it with the sweet and spicy raw mango chutney.

But now I wanted to try something different. There are a dozen of granny smith apples lying in my fridge and I wanted to make something innovative with this. I asked my friend over whatsapp for a recipe and she suggested to make this yummy recipe. The recipe is Sweet and spicy Apple Chutney. You are wondering what this apple chutney is. When you can eat the apple by itself, then why to make a chutney and eat right?

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Ingredients:                                      Prep. Time: 20 Minutes, Serves: 4
2 granny smith apples, peeled, cored and finely chopped
1 medium sized onion, finely chopped
¼ inch ginger peeled and grated
2 tablespoon butter
2 tablespoon raisins
½ tablespoon lemon juice
½ cup apple juice
1 tablespoon sugar
¼ teaspoon cinnamon powder

Procedure:
1) Heat a skillet and melt butter.
2) Add onion and fry till onion turns pinkish. Add ginger and fry till ginger gets cooked.
3) Add apples and cook till apples soften.
4) Add apple juice and sugar and mix well.
5) Add lemon juice. Mix well and let it simmer for 10 Minutes.
6) Add cinnamon powder, mix and simmer till all the liquid gets absorbed.

You can store this jam in air-tight container in a fridge. It stays fresh for upto 4-5 days.

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