Ingredients

• 50 g - tamarind strips
• 7 green or red chillies
• 1/4 cup - jaggery
• 1/2 tsp - salt
• 1/2 tsp - cumin seeds
• 1/4 tsp - mustard seeds
• 1/2 tbsp - hot oil

How to Make Tamarind jaggery paste

• Heat tamarind in water.
• When it boils, take off fire and leave it to cool.
• Put jaggery, tamarind with water and chillies in a small wet grinder.
• Grind coarsely.
• Add salt, cumin seeds, grind again till smooth.
• Use as little water as possible.
• Heat oil, add mustard seeds, allow to splutter.
• Pour over paste, mix gently till well mixed.
• Store in sterile bottle in refrigerator till required.