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Prep time
20 minutes
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Cook time
10 minutes
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Serves
2
Author Notes
I find green apple an absolute delight to work with – tart with a hint of sweet and absolutely ready to surrender to any flavors that come its way. Not unlike a raw green mango! Takku is a pickle – fresh or made annually in India's summer season, which is unabashedly all about mangoes. I decided to give the same takku treatment to this chutney and bring the betrothed - apple and cheese - in a grilled cheese sandwich together. —Annada Rathi
Ingredients
- Green Apple Chutney
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1 cup
grated green apple (about 1 medium apple)
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3 teaspoons
Kashmiri red chile powder
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1 teaspoon
black mustard seeds crushed roughly
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3/4 teaspoon
salt
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3 teaspoons
vegetable oil
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1/4 teaspoon
black mustard seeds
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1/8 teaspoon
turmeric powder
- Grilled Cheese Sandwich
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4
slices of multigrain bread
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1 tablespoon
salted butter room temperature
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2 teaspoons
green apple chutney
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2
slices of havarti cheese
Directions
- Green Apple Chutney
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Squeeze the liquid out of the grated green apple by pressing a handful between the palms of your hand. Discard the liquid.
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Pour the squeezed green apple into a bowl. Add red chile powder, salt and crushed black mustard seeds powder.
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Heat the smallest saucepan you have. Turn the heat to medium and pour in the oil.
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After 2 minutes, add black mustard seeds. Once they stop sizzling, add turmeric and turn the heat off. You’ve just made fodni/tadka or tempered oil. It is a foundational cooking technique of Indian cuisine.
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Add the hot fodni/tadka to the green apple mixture and mix well.
- Grilled Cheese Sandwich
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Butter two slices of multigrain bread.
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Place a heaping teaspoon full of green apple chutney on a slice. Follow up with a slice of Havarti cheese.
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Cover with another slice and grill in a panini maker or on a cast iron skillet with some weight. Grill as per your preference, I personally prefer light brown grill marks. Serve right away.
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