Sweet mango chutney is the jar that turns a plain meal into a proper one. Chunks of mango cooked down with sugar, vinegar and warm spice until thick, glossy and somewhere between sweet and tangy.

MD’s Original is the straightforward one, more fruit than fire.

Serve it beside curry and rice, spoon it onto a poppadom, or put it on a cheese board where it does much the same job as quince paste and costs a fraction. It is also very good in a toasted cheese sandwich or alongside cold roast meat.

Stocked in the pickles and chutneys aisle at Curry Corner, North Melbourne.