Tamarind Chutney with Jaggery

Preparation:45 mins
Cook: 10 mins
Total Time: 55 mins
Servings: Makes 8 to 10 servings

Ingredients

100 gms tamarind (imli)
100 gms jaggery (gur)
3 cups water

To Be Dry Roasted and Blended Into A Masala
coriander (dhania) seeds
1 tbsp cumin seeds (jeera)
1 tbsp fennel seeds (saunf)
2-3 whole dry kashmiri red chilies
pinch of asafoetida (hing)

Other Ingredients
1 tsp chili powder
1 tbsp dried ginger (soonth) powder
1/2 tsp black salt (sanchal)
salt to taste

Method

Soak tamarind in water for an hour.Boil 2 cups of water and mix tamarind into it.Take it off the heat and mash tamarind in water.When tamarind is soft and pulpy, drain the water and take out the tamarind pulp. Keep this water for later.Now put this pulp in blender to make a smooth paste.Put a pan on gas, add the strained water and one more cup of water. When water comes to boil add jaggery and let it melt.Add grinded tamarind paste in the pan.Also add the roasted masala powder, chili powder, dry ginger powder, black salt and salt and let the mixture boil for almost 5-7 minutes.Give it a taste and add more sugar or salt if required as per your taste.Cool and store.