Street style Schezwan Chutney
CATEGORIES
INGREDIENTS
- Cooking Time: 30 minutes
- Servings: 500g
- Preparation Time: 30 minutes
- Oil 50ml
- Star anise 2 nos, broken
- Onion 25g, chopped
- Green chilli 2-3, chopped
- Celery 25g, chopped
- Garlic 50g, chopped
- Ginger 30g, chopped
- Dried red chillies 100g
- Soya sauce 20ml
- Chilli sauce 20g
- Tomato kethcup 20g
- Vinegar 10ml
- Sugar 80g
- Salt 5g
DIRECTIONS
- Remove the stalks from the dried chillies and wash well.
- Bring water to a boil in a large vessel and put the chillies in it and cook for 2 minutes until the water starts boiling again.
- Strain the chillies and refresh in cold water, this will help retain the colour of the chillies.
- Blend the chillies in a mixer to a smooth paste.
- Heat oil in a wok or a large pan.
- Add the chopped onions, ginger, garlic, star anise, celery and green chillies and saute for 10 minutes on a slow flame until the onions turn translucent and you can smell the flavour.
- Add the chilli paste, saute for a minute.
- Add the soya sauce, chilli sauce, tomato ketchup and vinegar and mix well.
- Add the sugar and salt and simmer for 15 minutes on a slow flame.
- Check for seasoning and switch off the gas, let it cool and store in airtight container in the refrigerator.