Minute Apple Chutney with a New School Year

Apple Chutney Instant PotThese weekend for various reasons is testing my faith in humanity. I am cooking in fits and starts and that is where a recipe like a minute apple chutney comes in handy. This recipe was inspired by the lone apple I found in my refrigerator yesterday. And, the Bengali in me thought about Apple chutney or chaatni as we say in Bengali.

My Minute Apple Chutney Story

This chutney is done in the instant pot and needs a minute of pressure cooking followed by a quick release. It is perfect for a side dish, but especially good for braising and poaching things like pork chops or anything that favors a sweet and spicy flavor. This chutney would perfect on a Thanksgiving table and great in your turkey sandwich.

Hint: It has cranberries too! In some ways, it resembles my life right at this moment – a motley assortment of flavors. Put together they are not altogether bad.

The next few weeks I will be at home, taking time to find a new professional home. I am hoping to breathe and ease the children into their school year during this process.

Instant Pot Apple Chutney

Now, to enjoy this chutney as a condiment beyond just a side chutney it might be best to chop the apple into smaller pieces. This will give the chutney a softer texture probably closer to applesauce. Easier to manage and incorporate into other things. Like the chicken or the pork chops that I mentioned earlier. Life can be a roller coaster when we least expect it.

I welcome another school year, it is time to thing of possibilities. I would still love to take first day of school pictures, not sure if I am allowed to do that. My daughter now finds almost all picture taking silly, except of course the surreptitious selfies that she and her brother end up taking themselves.

Another chutney recipe with these flavors include the this tomato chutney and this tomato peanut chutney.

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Minute Apple Chutney with Dried Cranberries

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes

Total Time: 20 minutes

Minute Apple Chutney with Dried Cranberries

A easy sweet, spicy and savory chutney.

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoons oil
  • 1 teaspoon nigella seeds
  • 2 to 3 dried red chilies crumbled
  • 1 tablespoon minced ginger
  • 2 apples, cored and chopped
  • 3 tablespoons cider vinegar
  • 1 stick cinnamon
  • 1/4 cup dried cranberries
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1/3 cup water

Instructions

  1. Turn the instant pot to saute mode. Add the oil and add in the nigella seeds and wait for 30 seconds for the seeds to sizzle. Add in the chilies and ginger and turn off the heat.
  2. Add in the apples, cider vinegar, cinnamon, dried cranberries, brown sugar and the water.
  3. Cover and set on pressure for 1 minutes. When done do a quick release. Allow the chutney to cool slightly and enjoy.
  4. Stove Top instructions
  5. To make this on the stove top, follow the instructions described above and allow the chutney to simmer for 10 minutes in a saucepan until the apples are soft and the chutney has thickened.
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