Green Tomato Chutney Recipe

[losgigs]

Have decide to try a recipe by Nigel Slater to use up some unripe tomatoes. The recipe includes 2 teaspoons of mustard seeds and am wondering if wholegrain mustard or mustard powder could be used instead. Don't want to buy mustard seeds which I will probably never use again.

[atalanta]

No. If you don't want to bother with leftover mustard seeds, leave them out. Using mustard/powder will make it taste completely different.

[alavahalf]

The mustard seed looks more atractive in a chutney. Doubt very much if powder would look so appealing. Funily enough I have just made tomato relish and put a few mustard seeds in it.
If you are in the habit of making relish or chutney, I doubt a quids worth of mustard seed would go to waste ?

[Toorak]

His recipe is great - I have used it a couple of times - but I would recommend sticking with the seeds. They have quite a long shelf life and are not very expensive.

[atalanta]

My ( prize-winning ) recipe for green tomato chutney calls for the mustard seeds and the crushed ginger root to be added to the mixture in a muslin bag. The bag has to be pushed around by the wooden spoon you are using, to extract the flavour, but is to be removed before potting up the mixture.

[losgigs]

Ok, thanks for replies and tips Will put mustard seeds on the shopping list and let you know how it turns out.:)