Chutney is a thick sauce from the Indian kitchen: fruit or vegetables chopped and cooked with sugar, vinegar, and hot spices, so it is sweet, sour, and often a little burning at once. You do not pour it like gravy; you spoon it on the side — with curry, cold meat, cheese, or in a sandwich.

Chutney酸辣醬 is a thick sauce from the Indian kitchen是印度料理裡的一種濃稠醬料: fruit or vegetables chopped and cooked with sugar, vinegar, and hot spices水果或蔬菜切碎後加糖、醋和辣香料一起煮, so it is sweet, sour, and often a little burning at once所以吃起來又甜又酸還常常帶點辣. You do not pour it like gravy你不會像淋肉汁那樣淋它; you spoon it on the side而是用湯匙舀一點放在旁邊 — with curry, cold meat, cheese, or in a sandwich配咖哩、冷肉、起司，或是夾進三明治裡吃.

In Britain the jar of mango chutney next to a curry is almost a cliché.

In Britain在英國, the jar of mango chutney next to a curry咖哩旁邊放一罐芒果 chutney is almost a cliché幾乎已經是老套的固定搭配了.

It is not jam (jam is for bread and is not spicy), and it is not the thin chilli sauce Taiwan puts on dumplings, even though both sometimes get called 酸辣醬 if you are not careful. Indian restaurants in Taiwan will say chutney; some shops sell mango chutney under that English name.

It它 is not jam不是果醬 (jam is for bread and is not spicy果醬是抹麵包用的也不辣), and也 it is not the thin chilli sauce Taiwan puts on dumplings不是台灣沾餃子的那種稀辣椒醬, even though但 both sometimes get called 酸辣醬 if you are not careful一不小心兩者有時候都會被叫做酸辣醬. Indian restaurants in Taiwan will say chutney台灣的印度餐廳會直接說 chutney; some shops sell mango chutney under that English name有些店家也會用這個英文名字賣芒果 chutney.