Curry Relish

This is a wonderfully, rich, medievally kind of exotic tasting relish.

Its ingredients are tomatoes (red and green), cabbage, celery, peppers, onion, cucumber and raisins, mixed with cinnamon, cloves and curry powder.

A plainer version of this is Rummage Relish.

The recipe

Jar size choices: Either quarter-litre (½ US pint / 250 ml / 8 oz) OR half-litre (1 US pint / 500 ml/ 16 oz)

Processing method: Water bath or steam canning

Yield: 8 x half-litre (US pint) jars

Headspace: 2 cm (½ inch)

Processing time: 15 minutes

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Curry relish

Yield: 8 x half-litre jars (US pint)

Course Condiments

Cuisine American

Keyword Relish

Prep Time 45 minutes

Cook Time 1 hour

Total Time 1 hour 45 minutes

Yield 8 x half-litre jars (US pint)

Calories 18 kcal

Ingredients

• 2 kg green tomatoes (finely chopped. 2 US quarts / 2 litres / 4 lbs. Measured after prep. About 16 medium)
• 1 kg tomatoes (red. Finely chopped. 1 US quart / 1 litre / 2 lbs. Measured after prep. About 8 medium or 6 large)
• 500 g cabbage (finely chopped. 4 cups / 1 quart. / 1 pound . Measured after prep. About 1 small head, or ¾ of a medium-head)
• 500 g onion (finely chopped. 3 cups / 1 pound. Measured after prep. About 3 medium-large)
• 250 g celery (finely chopped. 2 cups ½ lb. Measured after prep. )
• 150 g green bell pepper (finely chopped. Measured after seeding, chopping. 1 large.)
• 150 g red bell pepper (finely chopped. Measured after seeding, chopping. 1 large.)
• 200 g cucumber (finely chopped. 1 cup / 7 oz in weight. Measured after prep. )
• 175 g pickling salt (OR non-bitter, non-clouding salt sub. ½ cup / 6 oz.)
• 2 litres white vinegar (5% acidity or higher. 2 quarts / 8 cups / 64 oz)
• 1 tablespoon celery seed
• 1 tablespoon mustard seed
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon (ground)
• 1 teaspoon ginger (ground)
• ½ teaspoon cloves (ground)
• 700 g brown sugar (4 cups, lightly packed / 24 oz)
• 2 teaspoons garlic (Washed, peeled, minced. 2 cloves)
• 350 g raisins (2 cups / 12 oz)
• 2 teaspoons curry powder
• 2 tablespoons Kitchen Bouquet (optional)

Metric - US Customary

Instructions

1. Prep veg and put into large bowl.

2. Mix salt in well. Refrigerate veg mixture over night. Toss a few times if desired.

3. Drain. While it is draining, put everything from the vinegar down to the garlic into a large pot. Mix, bring to a boil, then lower to a simmer for 10 minutes.

4. Add the drained veg, raisins, curry powder, and Kitchen Bouquet (optional.) Bring to a boil, then lower to a simmer uncovered for 30 minutes.
5. After 30 minutes, bring back to a boil.
6. Pack hot into quarter-litre (½ US pint) jars or half-litre (US pint) jars.
7. Leave 2 cm (½ inch) headspace for either size jar.
8. Debubble, adjust headspace.
9. Wipe jar rims.
10. Put lids on.
11. Process in a water bath or steam canner.
12. Process either size jar for 15 minutes; increase time as needed for your altitude.
13. Best after at least a month of jar time.

Processing guideline times below differ slightly from the usual altitude changes. The times apply equally to water-bath canners or steam canners.

Reference information

How to water bath process.

How to steam can.

When water-bath canning or steam canning, you must adjust the processing time for your altitude (follow the table above.)

For salt substitute, Herbamare Sodium-Free was used.

For stevia, Better Stevia liquid stevia was the stevia used.

More information about Sugar and Salt-Free Canning in general.

Australia and New Zealand vinegar strength special notes.

Recipe notes

• The Kitchen Bouquet is optional, for a darker colour. For a darker colour as well as a stronger flavour, you could swap the white vinegar for malt vinegar (5% or higher).
• If your cucumber is unwaxed, leave skin on. If it’s waxed, peel it.
• Instead of green and red bell peppers, you can use any colours of sweet peppers you wish. Or, if you want to give your curry relish some zing, you could work in some hotter peppers — just don’t go over the total combined weight called for of peppers.
• Instead of the brown sugar, you can use the same volume amount of Splenda®, OR 4 teaspoons liquid stevia. It’s also okay to dial back the amount of sugar a bit.
• You can cover while bringing to a boil, but do the 30 minute simmering uncovered — the goal is both to drive acidity in to the veg, and let some of the liquidity evaporate away.

The veg should be chopped about this size.

Recipe source

Rummage Relish. In: Andress, Elizabeth L. and Judy A. Harrison. So Easy to Preserve. University of Georgia Cooperative Extension. Bulletin 989. Sixth Edition. 2014. Page 172.

Modifications made:

• Noted option for the smaller jars (same processing times);
• Added suggestions for sugar and salt reductions;
• Added Kitchen Bouquet option for colouring.

Nutrition information

Regular version

Per 2 tablespoons:

• 37 calories, 52 mg sodium

Sugar and salt-free version

Per 2 tablespoons:

• 18 calories, 4 mg sodium

* Nutrition info provided by https://caloriecount.about.com

* PointsPlus™ calculated by healthycanning.com. Not endorsed by Weight Watchers® International, Inc, which is the owner of the PointsPlus® registered trademark.

* Better Stevia ® is a registered trademark of the NOW Foods Company.

* Herbamare ® is a registered trademark of the A. Vogel Corporation.