Recipe - Imli Ki Meethi Chutney

1 Piece of tamarind, the size
of a large tangerine
6 tablespoon Sugar, or to taste
Three fourths teaspoon Salt
1 One half teaspoon Roasted ground cumin
1/8 teaspoon Cayenne pepper (up to 1/4)
1 tablespoon Golden raisins, soaked in
hot water for 2 hours
1 Ripe but firm banana, peeled

Here is a recipe for a Tamarind Chutney with Bananas and Raisins, it's
called Imli Ki Meethi Chutney and is a family recipe of Madhur Jaffery.

Break up the tamarind into small pieces and soak them overnight in 2/3 cup
hot water in a small nonmetallic bowl or cup so pieces are covered. The
next morning, mash the soaked tamarind in the water, making a thick, uneven
pulp using your hands or the back of a wooden spoon. Place a strainer over
a nonmetallic, or stainless steel bowl. Put the tamarind pulp in the
strainer, and press down with the back of a wooden spoon. Keep pressing
until nothing but fibrous tissues and seeds are left in the strainer. Put
the fibrous tissues and seeds in a clean bowl and add another 2 tablespoons
of hot water. Mash some more. Put back in the strainer and strain some
more. Discard the strained pulp on the outside of the strainer it
doesn't always drip down. (This is the basic tamarind paste and may be
frozen.) Mix the strained pulp with the sugar, salt, cumin, and cayenne,
tasting as you go to get a perfect balance of flavors. (This is the basic
tamarind chutney and may be frozen.) A couple of tablespoons of this
chutney can be spooned over yogurt relishes for an added sweet and sour
taste.) Drain the raisins and add them to the chutney. Just before eating,
cut the banana into One fourth 1/3 inch thick slices and mix with the tamarind
pulp.

From Madhur Jaffrey's Spice Kitchen.

Posted to FOODWINE Digest 11 Sep 96

From: terry pogue tpogue@IDS2.IDSONLINE.COM

Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 20:47:25 +0100