No 1 son and girlfriend asked what happened to unripe tomatoes.
One way - from a very old recipe book that first got me interested in Indian food :)
Mrs Balbur Singh’s Mango Chutney (with Green Tomatoes)
1 lb (455g) grated green tomatoes
½ tsp ground cloves
4 bay leaves
2 oz (60g) dried dates
2 oz (60g) raisins
1 tsp red pepper (chilli powder)
1 oz (30g) shelled pistachio nuts
Just under ¼ pint vinegar (90-120ml)
1 tbs fresh lime juice
¼ tsp crushed peppercorns
5 tsp salt
1 tsp ground cinnamon
½ tsp ground nutmeg or mace
2 oz (60g) toasted almonds
1 lb (455g) sugar
1 tsp black cumin seed (kala zeera)
1 tsp ground ginger
¼ teaspoonful crushed brown cardamom seed
Wash and grate the tomatoes, or pass the tomatoes through the passata machine until all the pulp is extracted. Put the pulp in a stainless steel pan; add the bay leaves and salt. Simmer slowly until soft, stirring now and then to prevent sticking. While the shreds are cooking, wipe the dry dates and simmer in 5 oz vinegar til soft. Remove the dates from the vinegar, cool and shred. Make syrup with sugar and the remaining vinegar; add cooked green tomatoes, shredded dried dates, red peper, black cumin seed, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg and cardamom seed. Cook til it becomes a thick puree. Add the sliced, toasted almonds, raisings, pistachios, and lime juice. Simmer gently until thick. Remove from heat, cool, and pour into sterilised jars.
If you multiply the recipe by 8, yield is about 20lb ‘mango’ chutney.
That sounds absolutely gorgeous SS - could even convert me to using green tomatoes in chutney (can't bear the usual stuff).
Don't suppose you've got a recipe for an aubergine chutney/pickle? Think I might have enough aubergines to try something on those lines.
Yes I find green tomato chutney bland and generally uninspiring. To me it needs livening up, ie given some 'pep' with perhaps chillies. This recipe looks like it could be a winner (mango chutney without mangoes ).
Thank you :) I was so pleased when I tried this (about 25 years ago!) and found it transformed green tomatoes into something special. Sadly periwinkle I don't have a tested brinjal pickle recipe, though there are plenty on the Web that look fascinating ::)