Catch a Fire Authentic Jamaican Mango Chutney. Trust me, you will relish this relish. It will turn you on to the beauty of chutney. So where did it come from you ask? Immigrants from other British colonial regions, including India and China came to Jamaica in the mid 1800’s. These newcomers, bringing some of the most sophisticated, comprehensive and ancient culinary traditions the world has ever known, helped to shape Jamaican culture and cuisine. The Indians, mostly from the region around Mumbai, informed Jamaican cookery with their spice wizardry: kaleidoscopic combinations of assertive, potentially dissonant flavors that yield perfectly harmonious new effects, both bold and subtle. These masters of flavor incorporated native ingredients they encountered — like the magical allspice — into their work, and a distinctively Jamaican world of curries and chutneys was born.