Apple (or Other Fruit) Chutney Recipe

Ingredients

• 4 large cooking apples, approximately 700 gm., cored and quartered
• 2 medium onions, approximately 150 gm., peeled and quartered
• 3-4 garlic cloves, peeled and chopped/grated (optional)
• 2 inch piece of ginger, peeled, chopped/grated
• 2 black cardamoms*
• 6-8 cloves*
• 2 bay leaves*
• 8 black peppers*
• 1 inch cinnamon stick*
• 1 tbsp. oil
• 1 tsp. nigella seeds (kalaunji/Kalonji-<i>Nigella sativa</i>)
• 2 tsp. salt, adjust to taste
• 2 tsp. coarsely ground chillies, adjust to taste
• 1 1/2 tsp. ground black pepper
• 300 gm. jaggery** or use brown or muscovado sugar. Use less if fruit is sweet
• 60 gm. raisins or sultanas (optional)
• 100 ml. malt vinegar
• A large pan, so are able to boil the chutney briskly, without splashing.
• Sterilised jars for bottling.