Side Dish Recipe : Sweet Tamarind Chutney

This is an East Indian sweet tamarind chutney.

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon canola oil
• 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper
• ½ teaspoon fennel seeds
• ½ teaspoon asafoetida powder
• ½ teaspoon garam masala
• 2 cups water
• 1 ⅓ cups white sugar
• 3 tablespoons tamarind paste

Cooking Directions

1. Heat the oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Add the cumin seeds, ginger, cayenne pepper, fennel seeds, asafoetida powder, and garam masala; cook and stir for about 2 minutes to release the flavors.
2. Stir the water into the pan with the spices along with the sugar and tamarind paste. Bring to a boil, then simmer over low heat until the mixture turns a deep chocolaty brown and is thick enough to coat the back of a metal spoon. This should take 20 to 30 minutes. The sauce will be thin, but it will thicken upon cooling.

Nutrition Facts

• calories112.7
• carbohydrateContent25.7 g
• fatContent1.5 g
• fiberContent0.3 g
• proteinContent0.2 g
• saturatedFatContent0.1 g
• sodiumContent3.3 mg
• sugarContent22.5 g