I kept thinking of making something from the fresh cranberries. I had made cranberry teacake before. But after making/eating so many sweets for Diwali, I am done with sweets for this year. Our local newspaper had given a recipe for cranberry-pear chutney. But I was not sure, how it will taste and if it will be enjoyed by my family. Finally, I ate one of that tart cranberry and thought of making Methamba!
The only bad thing was that I just couldn't capture that beautiful color of that cranberry relish with my camera. It looked as beautiful as it tasted. But for some reason, I just couldn't get the good picture. Oh well!
Here's what I did.
Cranberry Methamba
Ingredients
1 bag fresh cranberries
1 tbsp oil
1 tsp mustard seeds
1/4 tsp asafoetida
1/2 tsp fenugreek seeds
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1/2 cup jaggery (More or less to suit your palette)
1 tsp paprika
Salt to taste
Method
1. Rinse and dry the cranberries. Pulse them in a food processor till you see the bits of the berries. It should not be a complete mush!
2. Heat oil in a saucepan. Add mustard seeds, asafoetida, fenugreek seeds, turmeric powder.
3. As the seeds start spluttering, add crushed cranberries. Stir. Cover with a lid.
4. Cook for about 9 minutes stirring in between, on a low flame.
5. Add salt, paprika and jaggery.
6. Jaggery will melt and it will be a little watery. Cook till all the liquid evaporates.
7. As it cools down, pour it in a mason jar. Refrigerate.
With a simple (& ready made!) bow on top, I would like to send this post to Zlamushka's "A spoonful of Christmas" event.
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4 comments:
This looks absolutely divine! 2 years ago, I did my own similar experiment by making a Desi-English style cooked chutney of cranberries and oranges. I do love the flavour of cranberries- they have much potential for absorption into all of India's cuisines, and your methamba is a prime example- nice work!
Pelicano:
Cranberries and orange chutney sounds really nice. I can almost taste the blend of the tart cranberry with fresh citrus. Thanks!
I am so sorry for not seeing this gorgeous entry. i really do not know how that happened. I check my emails everyday and even Technorati to see who is linked to my blog (event).
It is all fixed now and hopefully you forgive me. I loved your entry, it was something completely new for me. Will try for sure :-)
Thank you for reminding me about my mistake.
Zlamushka,
Don't worry about it. I am just a brand new blogger, started posting since mid-october. So I wrote to you thinking I might have made some mistake in posting in my ignorance. So I will know what to do in the future. I can only imagine how difficult it must be to scan through all the emails and then display them on the blog.
Thanks for your kind words about my entry.
hugs, Meera
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