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Also known as chatney, chatni

A chutney () is a condiment associated with cuisines of the Indian subcontinent. Chutneys are made in a wide variety of forms, some raw such as with coriander, others cooked with sugar, like mango chutney. During the British Raj, Anglo-Indian cuisine adapted Indian chutney and brought it back to Britain, where green mango chutney in particular became popular. In the Western world, chutneys may be made with local fruits and vegetables, or purchased.

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A chutney is a condiment from Indian cuisines that comes in many varieties, ranging from raw preparations like coriander chutney to cooked versions sweetened with sugar, such as mango chutney. British colonizers introduced chutney to Britain during the Raj period, where it became popular and eventually spread throughout the Western world, where both homemade and store-bought versions are now made with local ingredients.

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Food.name
Chutney
Food.image
Chutneykarnataka.jpg
Food.caption
Chutneys, Bengaluru, India
Food.alternate_name
blatjang, chatni, pachadi, satni, thambuli
Food.region
South Asia, Britain, Western world
Food.main_ingredient
Vegetables, fruits, salt, spices.
Food.associated_cuisine
Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom

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12 sections
Contents
  • Etymology and nomenclature
  • Description
  • History
  • Indian cuisine
  • Anglo-Indian and British
  • To other countries
  • In culture
  • See also
  • References
  • Sources
  • Further reading
  • External links

A chutney () is a condiment associated with cuisines of the Indian subcontinent. Chutneys are made in a wide variety of forms, some raw such as with coriander, others cooked with sugar, like mango chutney. During the British Raj, Anglo-Indian cuisine adapted Indian chutney and brought it back to Britain, where green mango chutney in particular became popular. In the Western world, chutneys may be made with local fruits and vegetables, or purchased.

== Etymology and nomenclature==

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