Would you like to try a 17-minute cranberry relish, then give this recipe a try? If you are planning a Thanksgiving dinner it is not that easy. There will always be some minute stress. Once you get your turkey ready, this recipe is easy to put together, it will be ready in 20 minutes.
I adapted this recipe from the New York Times but made my own changes. I found that adding coconut sugar helps to bring out cranberry flavor even more. Also spiced up cranberry with Thai green chili and cayenne peppers. If you are not spicy person you can skip one. Adding cayenne pepper in background is delicious.
This spicy cranberry relish is great condiment, usually made with cranberries to be an excellent side dish for hearty Thanksgiving meal. This hot pepper cranberry relish with Thai green chili and cayenne fits the bill. You can keep the seasoning same or ramp up the heat to taste. It will stay good for 2 weeks, so you can make it ahead as soon as cranberries are available and have it ready in fridge through the holiday season.
If you don’t like Thai chili, then try with Serrano pepper or Jalapenos. This is only a small portion, you can increase the portion and make it ahead for your holiday meal. This relish doesn’t have any spices, only heat from chili and zing from ginger.
I didn’t add orange juice but only lemon juice. I was amazed to find out that these are very good sides with Indian chapati or roti. So Indian friends you can also try this. I didn’t add too much sugar, kept it tart. You can increase the amount of sweetness if you are looking for a sweet side. This relish has everything, sweet, tart and spicy in a single bite.
Give it a try and let me know how it turned out for you.
Other cranberries recipes are
Cranberry Pecan Sourdough Bread
Cranberry Crumb bars
Pumpkin Pie Spice Cranberry Muffin s
Instatn pot Sweet potato and cranberry Spiced Rice
Spicy Cranberry relish
Ingredients
- 1 ¼ cup 140g cranberries
- 2 tbsp/20g coconut sugar Increase the amount to ¼ cup if you want sweeter side
- 1 Thai chili
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ of lemon juice
- ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1 tablespoon ginger
- ½ cup water
Instructions
- First add water, sugar, chili, lemon juice and cayenne pepper mix and heat until sugar is dissolved for 2 minutes. Then add cranberries and ginger and cook for another 15 minutes or until the all the water almost evaporated.
- Then finally garnish with orange zest.
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This is Swathi ( Dr. Ambujom Saraswathy Ph.D) from Zesty South Indian Kitchen who loves to explore cuisines from all over the world. Whenever possible I try to to give an Indian touch to several of the world cuisine, and has weakness for freshly baked bread. All the recipes you see here are created by me and approved after taste-test by my family.
Lucy says
Do you leave the pepper whole or dice?
Swathi says
I dice them
Dana says
What a fun, new way to enjoy cranberries at Thanksgiving! We toned down the spice a little, just due to personal preference, but the flavors still all work really well together.
Glenda says
Not only delicious, but beautiful sitting amongst the other dishes on the table! We love this relish with chicken and ham, as well as turkey!
Michael Simmons says
Thanks for a wonderful recipe, Swathi! You know, I have been looking for some new ways of making juice from greens and vegetables with cranberries, and I saw your recipe. I really like the idea in the recipe and how well you describe the cooking process! I have to make it now!
Migliorevita.blogspot.com says
Delicious! I love cranberry 🙂
Rosemary says
Wow, this looks divine. I love cranberry flavored sauces and this sounds quite unique. I love the hint of spice. Will have to give this a try 🙂
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Wow it's look very yummy!
Thanks for sharing tasty-tasty dishes with us I love this blog all recipes you shared I enjoyed them with my family. Thanks again!
Lisa Favre says
Absolutely perfect for the holiday season! I would make this for myself and my sister specifically - she would so appreciate it.
Brianne says
Some in my family would love this for the spiciness. I think this is a great recipe idea.
Jolina says
We actually bought a big bag of cranberries and we don't know what to do with it all! This is perfect.
Gervin Khan says
I have never tried tasted this food but it looks delicious. I would love to try to make this to know the taste of it.
Jenn@Engineermommy says
I would love to try this! It looks so much more exciting than your typical cranberry sauce. I love that you added some spice!
Heather says
This looks delicious. I love cranberry anything but this relish is something I need to try.
Ashley says
We love cranberry sauce but I've never tried it spicy. This looks good.
ricci says
Call me a weirdo but I love the cranbery sauce straight out of the can...LOL!! It's so gross but so good! HA!
Pam says
Oh, I just love cranberries. This looks like it would be really tasty!
Amber Myers says
I must make this! I just love my food with spice to it. Plus I'm a huge fan of cranberries.
Tasheena says
This looks so yummy! It would be the perfect side to include on my Thanksgiving menu.
Catalina says
The perfect side for Thanksgiving. There is no Thanksgiving in our house withous a cranberry relish. I love that this one is spicy!
Terri Beavers says
I don't have the stuff to make this for tomorrow and I just got back from fighting the shopping crowd but I'm going to make this. I'll try it at Christmas if now before, I love anything spicy especially when it has cranberries in it.
Terri Steffes says
I love this spicy type of cranberry relish. We usually make sauce, but, time for something different!
candy says
Thinking I will make some of this for tomorrow to see how it goes over. We do love our cranberry sauce and spicy things.
Tomi says
I've made homemade cranberry relish before and was amazed at how simple it is to prepare. Love this spin on the classic recipe.
Alli Smith says
Your cranberry relish looks beautiful and will be perfect for Thanksgiving Day. I love all things cranberry related so I know I'll love your spicy version of cranberry relish.
Marisa González says
Dear friend, I'm sure, the changes you've made have increased the flavors of the original recipe.
Love color, but maybe it's very spicy for me.
Have a nice day.
Lian says
I have never heard of a relish with cranberries before. This would give your Thanksgiving meal a sweet and spicy kick! I can't wait to try this during the holiday season since I think it would be a fabulous addition to my table.