Orange Chutney

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 This idea came about as I was talking to my sweet friend - who was making an orange marmalade (which will hopefully feature in my next guest post as of now scheduled for either November 2011 or Jan 2012) She asked me to come up with a good recipe for an Indianized orange chutney and this is what I came up with - It is truly a chutney for all cravings with its sweet, sour and spicy flavors. A must try for those who like to have a preserve which can be used in more ways than one - My recommendation is to have it with yogurt rice - Heavenly my maties

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This is the 3rd day of the blogging marathon started by Srivalli and my theme is Cooking with Fruits

Ingredients

2 Oranges with rind

1 cup of Jaggery (unrefined sugar) (Increase amount to 1 cup if you desire a sweeter chutney)

3-4 dried red chilies (reduce or increase based on need)

2-3 mint leaves

1 tbsp grated ginger

Juice of 1 lemon

1tbsp sesame oil

1tbsp urad dal

Zest of the 2 oranges (that are being used) and 1 lemon (that is also being used for juice)

Preparation

Soak the zest of the 2 oranges and the lemon in the lemon juice along with the grated ginger

Remove pith and any pips and cut into small bits

Measure 1 cup of jiggery and add to the orange bits in a deep saucepan

Heat oil in a small shallow pan

Add the red chilies and the urad dal and fry until the dal is golden brown

Cook the orange and jiggery for 2 minutes exactly and remove from flame and grind into a coarse paste

Add back into the saucepan and continue cooking

Once the chilies and urad dal are cool, grind them up with the soaked zest juice

Make sure this is a finely blended

Now, add this to the orange jaggery mix and let it all cook for another 2 minutes – Now you will notice that the chutney /relish is thickening and slightly brown from the jaggery

Remove from flame – taste to see if you want to add more jaggery/red chilies

If you find it dancing on your tongue like I did, put in the fridge to cool it down and use it as desired, with toast, chappatis or dosais and idlis!
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Bon appetite! 

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