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Tamarind chutney recipe | imli ki chutney | sweet and sour tamarind chutney

Tamarind chutney recipe | imli ki chutney | sweet and sour tamarind chutney

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Tamarind chutney recipe is a sweet and sour condiment which is the soul of almost all indian chats.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Course Condiment
Cuisine Indian

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 cup tamarind/imli
  • 1/2 cup sugar or jaggery
  • 1/2 inch ginger grated
  • 1 tsp cumin powder roasted
  • 1/2 tsp fennel powder
  • 1/2 tsp red chilli powder
  • 1/4 tsp asafoetida
  • 1/2 tsp black salt
  • Salt to taste
  • 2 tbsp raisins
  • 1.5 cup water boiling hot

Instructions
 

  • Take tamarind in the bowl and add boiled water in it.
  • Soak it for 15 to 20 minutes.
  • Now mash the tamarind with finger tips to take maximum pulp out of it. Don't worry, temperature of water must have come down by now. If water is still extremely hot, use some spoon or spatula.
  • Take a bowl and place a sieve over it.
  • Transfer the mashed mixture into the seive & saute it so that all the tamarind water drains into the bowl. Discard the remains left in sieve.
  • Take a pan and transfer the tamarind water into it.
  • Add all the ingredients mentioned in the ingredients list except raisins.
  • Cook for 5 minutes on medium heat. But keep stirring at intervals.
  • Add raisins and cook for another 10 minutes on the same heat with intermittent stirring.
  • Switch off the heat and let the mixture cool down completely.
  • Tamarind chutney is ready.

Notes

  1. Tamarind chutney should be kept in refrigerator after pouring it into a clean glass jar. It remains good for up to 3 months.
  2. Roasted cumin powder is made by roasting cumin seeds on hot tawa and thereafter grinding them.
  3. In place of ginger, you can use dry ginger powder (sonth) too.
  4. Chutney on cooling & thereafter on refrigeration will turn more thick so don't cook it too much under the impression that it has not attained the complete thickness.
  5. While using if you feel that chutney is too much thick, just dilute it with few drops or spoons of water until it reaches the consistency of your choice and requirement.