What is a Sultana?

[smasty]

I'm checking out the butternut noodles w/ curry sauce recipe and it calls for Sultanas. What the heck are they? I did a quick google search and nothing food-related came up.

Here's my guess: small bananas??

[glad_2beme]

try adding the words food related behind sultana in your search, I came up with alot more listings

[glad_2beme]

ok its a yellow raisin

[Analeah]

cool thanks! I am amazed at how much I learn something every day ;)

[Curtis]

lol why not call it a hmm a yellow raisin

[glad_2beme]

don't know Curtis...I just briefly had time to do a search seems to be related to the Thompson seedless, and from Iran I think I read...anywho, it seems to be a golden raisin

[Jay]

Golden raisins are so gooooooood!!!

I've known them for such a long time, but I always thought Sultana's were the red/dark raisins... we used to get these little boxes from our mom, and in school, during the breaks, we'd eat all those yummy golden raisins

[glad_2beme]

yea Jay, there was a conflict in a couple of areas that I read, anywho they are raisins, one page did describe them as being darker but another referred to as golden.. you are probably so right!!! and I thought we just had dark ones and golden ones - who knew

[Olive]

I think they are golden raisins. I just used regular raisins, since I couldn't find organic golden ones and grapes are highly sprayed (which gets concentrated when it's dried). I made the curry recipe a couple days ago and it was pretty good. Didn't add the celery, but did add a little salt. Oh, I needed to add lots more curry powder as well.

[Veganmama]

lol.... Is it an Australian recipe by any chance? Saltana's arevery common here just smaller raisans. WE all gotbrought up on littleboxes of them as snacks :)

[Sharon in Colorado]

All the golden raisins I've seen have a chemical additive to keep the color. Be sure to check your labels.

[smasty]

Thanks guys!!! I love curry! I'm anxious to try this recipe.