Banana chutney is a sweet and sour relish made from bananas, sugar, vinegar, raisins, and spices. It can be served hot or cold and is often used as a condiment for fish dishes, curries, and sandwiches. Chutneys can also be made from other fruits, vegetables, and herbs.
Banana chutney is a traditional sweet and sour relish or dip made from bananas. Chutneys originated in India and are a traditional condiment of South Asian and South African cuisine. The basic ingredients of banana chutney include bananas, sugar, vinegar, raisins and spices. The combination of sugar and vinegar gives it its characteristic sweet and sour taste. The ingredients are blended, boiled, bottled and stored for later use.
The spices used for banana chutney vary according to the recipe and personal preferences. Ginger – crystallized ginger or ground ginger powder – and red chilli are the most commonly used spices in banana chutney. Other optional ingredients that are commonly added include onions, cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, carrots, dates, prunes, rum, and coconut. Any type of vinegar can be used, although malt vinegar, red wine vinegar, and apple cider vinegar are most commonly used for banana chutney.
Banana chutney can be served hot or cold and is often made in large quantities, bottled, sealed and stored for later use. The chutney can be used immediately but is generally bottled and allowed to mature for several weeks before use. Traditionally, it is served alongside fish dishes and curries, as a spread on buttered bread or with cheese and crackers. The chutney also goes well with pork or chicken, as a dip for falafel or vegetable pita sandwiches, and topped with rice, couscous, pasta, or vegetables.
In addition to bananas, fruit chutney often consists of pears, apricots, apples, dates, nectarines, cherries, blueberries, pineapples, mangoes and papayas. Fruit chutney often combines two or more fruits and always produces a sweet and sour sauce. The hot taste, or spiciness, of the chutney ranges from mild to hot, depending on the amount of chillies added to the chutney.
Chutneys aren’t always made with fruit; they can also be made from vegetables and herbs such as onion chutney or coriander mint chutney. There are also recipes for more unusual chutneys, such as peanut or yoghurt chutneys. Chutney can be made from virtually any combination of vegetables or fruits and herbs or spices with a focus on the traditional sweet and sour or sweet and tangy theme. Cooks can experiment with different banana chutney variations by adding various fruits and herbs to the basic recipe. You can try adding mango and papaya to bananas for a tropical chutney; apples, pears, cherries, peaches and bananas for a mixed fruit chutney; or lemon and lime with banana for a citrus chutney.
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