raw cherry chutney exists and it is delish
I found this recipe for cherry chutney on renegadehealth.com during a bout of insomnia while i was fasting and have only just had a chance to make it. Don’t ask why I was perusing food websites at midnight – I was feeling, let’s say, peckish on day four of eating nothing but clay and pysllium husks… Anyway – I digress – cherry chutney.
I’m always looking for raw flavour-filled treats to pep up my alfalfa salads and having eaten my way through a zillion variations of raw pestos decided it was time!! It also helps that cherries are in season…The other brilliant benefits of this chutney – are that it is super healthy, nutrient intact and perfect for serving to my non-raw mates with some extra strong cheese. Here is the original recipe from Katrina Blair’s recipe book. My edited version is below it.
The ingredients
1 cup cherries
Small handful raisins
3 tbsp chopped onion
1 tbsp honey
1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
2 tbsp tamari (a wheat free soy sauce flavour)
1 1/2 clove garlic
1 inch ginger
1 tbsp curry
Dash of fennel, mustard seed, cardamom, cumin, garam masala, cinnamon all ground
How to make it
Blend or use a food processor!
THE HYPOCRITE’S VERSION (with ingredients on hand and for once, no blending)
The ingredients
1 punnet of stoned cherries
1 finely chopped red onion
3 tbspns of apple cider vinegar
handful of raisins
1 tbspn honey
2 tspns of cinnamon, cumin, garam masala
How to make it
I just put everything into a bowl, stirred it all up and let the already juicy cherries absorb the flavours for about 30mins.
How to eat it
I had it with an avocado and baby spinach salad. If wasn’t feeling worthy, I would have liked to have eaten it with a big chunk of a strong goat cheddar (definitely not cow)…
The Raw Food Hypocrite 
hi susan
nice blog to go along with the nice recipes.
hope you are doing well.
i’ve been really well since finishing the fast. looking forward to do another one down the track although for now it’s back to work.
take care
daniel (from samui fast hehehe)