baked "pakoras" -- carrot, potato, chickpea flour with apricot preserve/rice wine vinegar chutney

 https://www.kindearth.net/baked-pakora-vegan-indian-food/

made with quick and dirty chutney:

-apricot preserves

-rice wine vinegar

galangal, cinnamon, cumin, whatever warming spice on hand

mix one part prserves to one part vinegar, using a light hand to season to taste.