Culinary Arts & Cooking vocabulary · Ingredients, Stocks & Sauces

Chutney

Meaning in culinary arts & cooking, with examples

nounCommon term

In culinary arts & cooking, chutney means: A condiment made from fruit or vegetables with spices, ranging from fresh mixtures to cooked preserves.

In Turkish: meyve veya sebzeli baharatlı sos, çatni

How it is used

Name the main ingredient; chutney does not always mean a sweet cooked preserve.

Example sentences

  1. Mango chutney added sweetness to the spiced dish.

    The condiment balances the dish with a fruit-based flavour.

  2. Fresh coriander chutney accompanied the savoury snacks.

    This use shows a fresh herb-based version of chutney.

Common collocations

  • mango chutney
  • fresh chutney

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