Indian · IV The Method
Chutney: Fresh and Cooked
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Origin
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Description
Chutney divides into two fundamentally different preparations that share a name: fresh chutneys (chutney in the original Sanskrit sense — something freshly ground) and cooked, preserved chutneys (the colonial British preserve that adopted the word). Fresh chutneys are made immediately before service from raw ingredients — herbs, coconut, tamarind, fruit — ground to a paste or coarsely pounded. They last 24–48 hours at most and represent the peak intensity of their ingredients. Cooked chutneys are slowly reduced, sweet-sour preparations that last for months — closer to jam in structure than to fresh condiment.
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Flavour Context
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