Tamarind or Imli Chutney

Everyone loves imli ki chutney after all, what is there not to love. It goes with so many Indian snacks and is so easy to make.

Preparation time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: 10 minutes

Ingredients:

• 200gm tamarind or imli 
• 300gm jaggery or gur
• 5cup water
• 1tsp black salt
• 1tsp chili powder
• 1tsp cumin powder
• 1tsp garam masala
• salt as per taste

Imli is easily available in the market. It could be with seeds or seedless. Heat imli and water together while stirring occasionally for 10 minutes. Let it cool for few minutes and start extracting pulp with the help of a strainer. This is going to take a while. Extract as much as possible, it will be thick pulp. Grate jaggery and mix it with the imli pulp. 

Place the mixture back on medium flame while stirring occasionally so that it doesn't burn. Add rest of the ingredients. Cook for few minutes til the mixture starts to thicken. Chutney is going to thicken more when it cools down so make sure the consistency is right.