Take 1 cup of fresh and ripe strawberries, wash them cut them into four pieces each. Keep them aside.

Now take a frying pan and heat it on a low flame on your gas stove. When it is hot enough, put 1 tsp of cumin seeds and 2 pieces of dry red chilies, without their stalk, in it. Stir them continuously for about a minute or two to dry roast them until they change their color slightly and you can smell the aroma of roasted spices. Cool them, grind them in your grinder to a relatively coarse powder and keep them aside.

Now, take a wok, heat it, and put 1 tsp of white oil in it. When the oil heats up, put 1 tsp of Indian Five Spice Blend or panch phoron in it. Stir it a fry it for about a minute or two. (Pro tip: You can use any type of white oil to make this chutney. In place of panch phoron, you can also use cumin seeds only but the Indian Five Spice Blend is best to add to the eventual taste and flavor of the strawberry chutney).

When the spices stop crackling and change their color slightly, put the pieces of strawberries in it. Mix them nicely.

Now, add salt to it to taste. Follow it with ½ tsp of turmeric powder.

Stir everything to mix nicely. Do not add any water to it. After about 3 to 4 minutes the strawberries will turn softer and release their juice. Mash a few of them to give the chutney a nice texture eventually.

When it does, add 5 tsp of sugar to it and mix it nicely. Then add about 10 to 12 pieces of raisins to it. This will add to the eventual taste of the chutney. Cover it and let it cook for another 3 to 4 minutes for the sugar to melt and mix nicely with the soft strawberries. (Pro tip: If you want your strawberry chutney to be sweeter, you may add a couple of teaspoons of sugar more to it. You can also add jaggery to the chutney. This will enhance the color of it even further).

When the chutney turns darker in color and gains a thicker consistency, add the roasted and ground spices to it.

Mix it, cook it for another half a minute or so, turn off the flame of your gas stive, cool the chutney, and transfer it to a bowl when cool. Your sweet and tasty homemade strawberry chutney is now ready to be served with a variety of dishes.