Spiced Cranberry Date Strawberry Chutney Recipe

This recipe is perfect for the holidays or any time of year you are craving sweet, tangy, spicy.  It makes a great chutney or spread for bread or toast. Cranberries are famous for their support of a healthy urinary tract, but, like most berries they're also high in antioxidants making them great for anti-ama (waste accumulation), anti-aging, cancer prevention and heart health.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup cranberries (fresh when possible, if not, soak frozen in hot water and strain once melted)

• 1 cup chopped pitted dates (best to soak them over night in 1 cup water and retain water to use in this recipe)

• 1/2 cup strawberry chunks, or blueberries or raspberries

• ¼ c jaggery as needed per taste – this should be sweet and tangy to your liking

• 1 cup water (unless you soaked dates, then use the water you used there)

• 3 cloves

• 1 star anise (whole if you have it) – this is as much for decoration as it is for flavor and digestion enhancement

• 3 pinches cardamom

• 3 pinches nutmeg

• 1-2 thread saffron

• 2 Tbs fresh chopped ginger

Directions:

• Bring all ingredients to a boil

• Cover

• Simmer 10-15 minutes until cranberries as mushed and it has thickened

• Optional: You can mush with potato masher until desired consistency – chunky can be funnnn

• Stir occasionally

• Adjust taste as needed

• To make it a little more savory: you can add in ½ tsp toasted & crushed cumin seeds and 1/8 tsp crushed black pepper

• To keep it sweeter: Garnish with squeeze of orange juice and stir to incorporate, and add more sweetener as you go along

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