This Cranberry Sauce or Chutney has a combination of dried dates and raisins with a kick of warm spices. The perfect complement to your festive meal
A must on a festive holiday table is a finger-licking sauce, a sauce that will go with anything from Chicken, Turkey, Beef, Rice dishes, and many more. Cranberry Sauce is my definition of that. It is traditionally eaten with a Thanksgiving meal but can be easily added to any Pakistani or Indian food as a chutney or Murabas.
Thanksgiving is the time of year to be grateful! Thanksgiving was originally started to celebrate a new harvest. With the new harvest, different cultures introduced new cuisines to each other. I love celebrating the holiday like them, with an array of multicultural food and American food with a desi twist!
I hosted a Thanksgiving dinner a few years ago. The mixed cuisine array gave me the idea to make cranberry sauce with a desi twist. It was delicious and went well with the Indian and American dishes. The sauce was loved by everyone, and ever since then, I’ve known this is a keeper.
This homemade Cranberry Sauce recipe contains a few unexpected ingredients that not only make it a unique sauce but also perfectly complement your holiday meals.
Adding some spices, raisins, and dried dates immediately creates a warm, earthy flavor, making it the ultimate treat to enjoy all winter long. The best part is that it only takes 15 minutes from start to finish and is the perfect balance of sweet and tart.
How Far Ahead Can Cranberry Chutney Be Made?
This can be easily made up to a week before serving. Over time, the flavor will become more decadent.
How Do You Store?
Let it cool down completely at room temperature, then transfer it to an airtight jar. Refrigerate cranberry sauce for up to 2 to 3 weeks.
Ingredients You’ll Need To Make Cranberry Sauce
Cranberry Sauce Substitutions
You can easily substitute sauce ingredients according to your taste and availability.
- Dried dates can be replaced by dried mangoes or dried apricots.
- Currants or blueberries could replace raisins
- Other spices can be easily replaced by any holiday spice, such as nutmeg, cinnamon, or allspice.
Here are my favorite foods to serve with this finger-licking chutney:
Turkey,
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Homemade Cranberry Chutney
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minutesThis delightful sweet-tart sauce recipe takes only 15 minutes to make. A mix of some warm spices along with raisins and dried dates. it is the best earthy cranberry sauce. The perfect complement to your festive meal!
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Ingredients
12 oz cranberries
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp red chili powder
1/3 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp Fennel Seeds (saunf)
1/4 tsp Fenugreek Seeds (Meethi dana)
1/2 tsp black seeds (kalonji seeds)
2 to 3 red button chilies, optional
1 tbsp golden raisins
4 to 5 dried dates (chuara)
1/4 cup sugar, or according to taste
2 tbsp oil
1 1/2 cup water
Directions
- In a pan, heat oil. Add fennel seeds, fenugreek, and black seeds.
- Stir for a minute. Once cracked, add cranberries and water. Mix and cover for 5 minutes.
- Add salt, red chili powder, and sugar. Cook for 2 to 3 minutes.
- Add raisins, dried dates, and red chili buttons.
- Cover with a lid and cook for 5 minutes on a low flame.
- Uncover and remove the red chili button. Add cinnamon powder. Mix it and cover it.
- Remove from heat. Cool completely at room temperature, then transfer into an airtight jar and refrigerate.
Notes
- The cranberry sauce will continue to thicken once it cools down.
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