Cuisine: Himachal Pradesh
Category: Snack
Prep: 5 min
Cook: 10 min
Serves: 8
Difficulty: Easy
🌿 Vegetarian
A sweet-sour tamarind and jaggery chutney with dry ginger and Himachali spices — the essential table chutney of Himachal Pradesh.
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup tamarind — soaked in 1 cup warm water, squeezed and strained
- 1/4 cup jaggery — grated
- 1 tsp dry ginger powder
- 1/2 tsp red chilli powder
- 1/4 tsp roasted cumin powder
- 1/4 tsp black salt
- Regular salt to taste
Method
- Place strained tamarind water in a small pot. Add grated jaggery.
- Heat on medium, stirring, until jaggery dissolves completely.
- Continue cooking on medium for 6 to 8 minutes until the chutney thickens to a coating consistency.
- Remove from heat. Add dry ginger powder, red chilli powder, roasted cumin powder, black salt and regular salt. Stir well.
- Taste — should be assertively sweet-sour with a warming note from dry ginger.
- Cool completely. Store refrigerated for 2 weeks.