Chillies and Chutney

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My OH came home with this container of chutney a few weeks ago. It's a brand we've bought previously and I'm sure we've had that flavour and temperature before as well. But one thing I do know is that it very definitely wasn't solid dried red chillies last time around.

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The top of the jar is just solid chillies.

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This is what I took out, I had tried to spread them on our lunch, but whole or virtually whole dried red chillies don't actually spread very well.

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That pile is just dried red chillies. And there were plenty more in the top of the jar!

So they float? I'm wondering if maybe in the jarring process that they all came to the top?
 
Could well be. Dried chiles are very light . It might also be an industrial process where there's no possibility of checking what goes into each jar.
Personal opinion gained from making thousands of chutneys - the chutney is poorly thought out. I like the sound of the flavour profile, but whole chiles make it a) difficult to eat and b) are not appealing to look at. I'd have ground the chiles first.
Did it taste good, apart from the chiles?
 
rascal said:
I make chilly sauce but it sets perfect.
I have no idea about yours???
I make tomato as well and that sets as well.
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Yeah, I don't have a problem with my sauces, even though my electric stove drives me nuts. My recipes, once I felt happy with them, are carved in granite, so the only thing that can mess them up is the stove.
Satnav's chutney, however, looked to me ( and I can only judge by the photo) poorly thought out.
 
karadekoolaid said:
Satnav's chutney, however, looked to me ( and I can only judge by the photo) poorly thought out.
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yeah - luckily, it is not mine, though!
It has reluctantly been thrown - more dried chillies than anything else. I can cope with a reasonable heat but that was just literally dried chillies and if they had all come to the top and floated, then at least half the container is dried chillies and that is too much. Shame because I love tamarind.
 
Barriehie said:
I'm going to make some tamarind chutney now.
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SatNavSaysStraightOn said:
Shame because I love tamarind.
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The recipe's not that difficult, and if you can't find wierd ingredients like asafoetida, black salt or fennel seeds, you can either sub them ( forget the asafoetida, use normal salt and aniseeds) or leave them out. You do want it to be spicy and sweetish, however, to complement the sourness of the the tamarind
 
I've got all the ingredients! I lived in Las Vegas NV for 37 years doing facilities engineering and that is a city where food is king. I miss all those markets for different countries... Rome GA has 2 Walmarts, a Kroger, and a Publix. :scratchhead:
 
karadekoolaid said:
The recipe's not that difficult, and if you can't find wierd ingredients like asafoetida, black salt or fennel seeds, you can either sub them ( forget the asafoetida, use normal salt and aniseeds) or leave them out. You do want it to be spicy and sweetish, however, to complement the sourness of the the tamarind
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At the moment it is a time problem. I barely get time to cook.

Plus getting hold of tamarind isn't that easy. You can buy because of import restrictions on seeds, it is murdered in the block and you'll get part of seeds, not whole seeds. It makes extracting the pulp much harder. Plus I wouldn't sub for other stuff. I can obtain raw asafoetida quite easily, not cut with fenugreek powder.
 
I used to buy in Las Vegas and with the Latino population there all of those type items were fresh. No clue here in Georgia but I'll find out tomorrow...
 
karadekoolaid said:
Just look to see if there are any Patel Bros. stores around. Or a local Indian grocery. All those items are staples in Indian cuisine.
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There's a Patel Bros. store 40 miles away up I75. My truck doesn't do interstates well... :headshake:

There's a local herb shop that can order anything but you pay dearly for it! I used to go to Rani Brand food store in 'Vegas. Here in Georgia it's more like Rani Brand Factory Store | High Quality Kitchen and Cooking Products

Thank you!
 
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