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  • Recipe: Apricot Chutney (Khubani Ki Chutney)

    Recipe: Apricot Chutney (Khubani Ki Chutney)

    Apricot Chutney

    An incredibly fast and simple Apricot Chutney recipe (sauce) packed with complex spice and zip.
    This is a family recipe for spicy or hot apricot chutney. Very easy to make. Goes well with meat and curries or even as a spread with low-fat mayonnaise on sandwiches.

     Apricot Chutney Recipe
    Photo: Apricot Chutney Recipe
    Apricot Chutney Recipe
    Photo: Apricot Chutney Recipe

    Check it out the Apricot Chutney Recipe here!!

    Prep Time:10 minutes

    Cook Time:20 minutes

    Servings: 6

    Ingredients:

    • 350 gm apricots
    • 1 cup vinegar
    • 2 cups water
    • 1 tsp salt
    • 1/2 tsp red chili, crushed
    • 2 big Cardamom,crushed
    • 1/4 kg sugar
    • 1 tsp long strips of ginger
    • 1 clove garlic,finely chopped
    • 4 tsp raisins
    • 8-10 blanched almonds

     

    Directions:

    Step 1

    Put apricots in boiling water till soft.

    Step 2

    Peel and mash the apricots then strain the pulp and wash the stones of apricots with one cup of water.

    Step 3

    Cook apricot pulp, ginger, garlic and water of washed stones, almonds and raisins till all the water is absorbed.

    Step 4

    Add vinegar, sugar, salt, cardamoms and red chili pepper and cook till is thick and golden brown.

    Step 5

    Put it in a jar. Apricot Chutney is ready to serve.

    Recipe Note’s:

    • This can be kept for one month. Enjoy!

    Serving Suggestions:

    • Serve with any snack, meat dishes or  curries.

    If you like Apricot Chutney  recipe and make it then let me know your feedback by commenting below.And if you know more innovative ways in which we can utilize this sweet and mouth watering Apricot Chutney , do share with us and we would be glad to give it a try.

  • Almond Halwa Recipe

    Ingredients for Almond Halwa:

    • 1 cup Almonds
    • 1/2 cup of milk
    • 1/2 cup of ghee
    • 1/2 tsp of saffron
    • 1 cup of sugar
    • 3 cups of water

    How to make Almond Halwa:

    • Boil 2 cups of water and add badam to it.
    • Let it boil for 5 mins then allow it to cool.
    • Peel off the skin by pressing the badam.
    • Grind it by adding milk.
    • Add milk little by little so that u get a good paste.
    • It should neither be too watery nor too hard.
    • Soak saffron in 1/2 cup of hot water for 10 minutes.
    • Now mix one cup of sugar to 1/2 cup water.
    • Add the saffron water to it.
    • Allow the mixture to boil , keep stirring till you get a single thread consistency.
    • Now add the Almond  paste keep stirring so that no lumps are formed.
      Add little ghee from time to time.
    • Continue the process at least 20 minutes or until  the mixture thickens.
    • Remove from the heat.
    • Take into a serving bowl.
    • Almond Halwa is ready to serve.
    • Enjoy!