Tamarind Chutney Recipe

इमली की खट्टी मीठी चटनी बनाने का आसान तरीका I दहीवडा / चाट के लिए I Imli Chutney

Tamarind Chutney is widely known as Imli Chutney and very famous in India. It is a sweet and tangy sauce and generally served with Chaat. It is also served with Samosa, Kachauri, Dahi Vada etc. One can store it for months.

Ingredients : Interesting facts

Chilli

• Chillies are natural pain killers.
• National Chili Day is celebrated in U.S. on 4^th Thursday in February.
• Birds are immune to hotness of Chillies.
• Hottest part of Chilli are its interior veins, and not its seeds.

Cumin seeds

• Cumin is believed to be originated from Egypt.
• It is a drought-tolerant crop and grows in tropical regions.
• Although it is called Cumin Seed, it is basically fruit of the cumin plant.
• It is commonly known as Jeera in India.
• Around 70% of the world’s cumin production is done in India.

Sugar

• Kids’ sugar cravings are rooted in biology. Sugar is the only taste that humans are born craving.
• It is used as a food preservative as well.
• Natural source of sugar are sugarcane, fruits, honey, dates etc.
• Initially, sugar was so rare and expensive only royalty could afford it—and in very small quantities at that.

Ginger

• Ginger is a rhizome (an underground stem) and not a root.
• India is the largest producer of Ginger.
• In India, use of ginger in medicine goes back to ancient times.
• Its generic name is “Zingiber”. It is derived from the Greek word “zingiberis”, which comes from the Sanskrit name of the spice, “singabera”.

Salt

• Salt is the most common ingredient in our kitchen.
• It is present in each and every cell of our body.
• Its Latin name is Sal from which the word “salary” is derived. It is believed that in the ancient times, the roman soldiers were paid in salt.
• It is essential for life, but its excess intake poses health risk.

Black Salt

• Black salt or kala namak is not really black in colour. In its crystal form, it looks purple.
• It is also known as “Himalayan black salt”.
• Historically, it is made from the salt rocks, mined in Himalayas region.

Recipe Details

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