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Grandma's Chilli & Tamarind Pickle Recipe

Grandma's Chilli & Tamarind Pickle Recipe with step by step pictures. This pickle recipe is hot, tangy and a little sweet to taste.
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Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 40 minutes
Total Time: 50 minutes
Calories: 700kcal

Ingredients

  • ½ kg Chillies i used a small variety of banana pepper, you can use any mild spicy chilli
  • 1 cup Tamarind
  • 1 cup grated Jaggery / Sarkarai
  • Salt to taste
  • 2 to 3 cups Water

Instructions

  • Take tamarind in a bowl, cover with water, let it soak for 30 mins.
  • Now squeeze it and drain the liquid, add more water to the tamarind and extract more juice.
  • Now wash and drain the chillies.
  • Take them in a large pot. Add in tamarind water, cover and cook till the chillies are half cooked
  • Now add in jaggery and continue cooking till it get thick.
  • Keep cooking till it gets really thick.
  • Once it is thick, take it off the heat and add in salt. Mix well.
  • Leave the mix to cool down, store in air tight container in fridge.
  • This can be stored for a month in fridge.

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 700kcal | Carbohydrates: 181g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.4g | Sodium: 1755mg | Potassium: 1486mg | Fiber: 29g | Sugar: 108g | Vitamin A: 71IU | Vitamin C: 68mg | Calcium: 189mg | Iron: 7mg
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