Tkemali is a traditional Georgian sauce,which has a sweet and sour taste and savory pungency. It is perfect for meat dishes. Usually, such a sauce is made from sour plums. However, there are other recipes of tkemali, which are based on gooseberries, thorns, apples, currants and other products. However, the classical version is made from plums.
Before proceeding with the consideration of recipestkemali, it is worth giving some secrets of its preparation. Observing them, you can create a great sauce for meat dishes. By the way, every household can cook tkemali at home. After all, this does not require special skills and specific techniques. It is enough to follow the formula and adhere to some rules. So, the secrets of cooking tkemali:
Following the recommendations, you can prepare a tasty and spicy sauce. When you got acquainted with the rules and secrets of cooking, you can go to the Tkemali recipes.
Consider the classic recipe for cooking tkemali. This will require:
So, how to cook tkemali?To begin with it is necessary to prepare the main component - plums. Peel them off, pour the sugars (about 3 tablespoons) and place them in a cool place for a while. Plums should stand and let the juice run. Place them on the stove and turn on the heat. If the juice is small, add a little water (preferably boiled). Bring the contents to a boil and cook for a while (5-10 minutes). At the end of the plum you should rub it through an ordinary sieve.
Plum puree place on the plate and turn onheating. Boil the mass until its volume is reduced by 3-4 times. When this happens, add the ground garlic, grated pepper ground in the blender, the remaining sugar, chopped greens, salt and hops-suneli. Boil the mass for another 10-15 minutes.
Prepare the prepared tkemali sauce in preparedbanks (washed and sterilized). Close the containers with lids, previously boiled. When the banks cool down, move the workpiece to a cooler place, for example, in the pantry.
Many cook tkemali from cherry plum, but it is best to use plums to make the sauce. Consider a simplified recipe:
First, clean the plums from the seeds, and thenchop them with a blender. In the resulting mass, add sugar and, of course, salt. Place the container with the plums on the fire. Cook the mass until its initial volume is reduced by 2-3 times.
Garlic clean and grind it together with spicypepper, pre-cleaned of seeds, with a blender. Add the mixture, as well as the dried spices in a bowl with plums. Cook the tkemali sauce for another 6-7 minutes. Remove the finished product from heat, pour into sterilized jars and seal it tightly.
Is the sauce cooked according to the simplifiedrecipe, from the classical? You can store it even at room temperature. The main thing is to keep the containers sealed. As for the taste, there are differences. Tkemali, cooked according to a simplified recipe, turns out to be less salty and more spicy.
To prepare tkemali for this recipe you will need:
The amount of sugar depends on how sweet the sink is. If necessary, the amount of this component can be increased.
Tkemali for the winter on this recipe is getting ready quicklyand just. First, clean the plums from the bones, and then grind them. To do this, you can use a meat grinder or a blender. The latter option is preferable, since it is recommended to avoid contact of the products with the metal.
Garlic clean and then crush.Spicy pepper also prepare. It must be cleaned of seeds and chopped. Finely chop the greens. Add sugar and salt in the puree from the yellow plums. Boil the mass until it is reduced in volume by 2 times. Cool and add coriander, garlic, pepper and greens. Bring the sauce to a boil and simmer for a few minutes.
Finished Tkemali pour over sterilizedjars and hermetically close. You can store the workpiece in any conditions: in the pantry, cellar, refrigerator. The sauce is not whimsical and perfectly tolerates the room temperature.
To prepare a red tkemali, you need to prepare the following products:
First, dip the tomatoes with boiling water.This will remove the skin from them. Pul off the tomato pulp with a blender. Plums are placed in a pan, pour with water, cook for no more than 5 minutes, then remove them from heat and wipe through a normal sieve.
Apples clean and grind with a grater.Do the same with the onion. A blender can be used to grind it. Prepare the same way and other ingredients: hot and sweet peppers.
In the tank, mix all the ingredients and place iton the fire. Cook the sauce until the desired consistency is obtained. Prepared tkemali from plums and tomatoes, place in sterilized containers and seal it tightly. Of course, the taste of such a preparation is significantly different from that prepared according to the classical recipe.
There is a recipe for tkemali from the plum, where the ingredients do not undergo heat treatment. Let's consider it in more detail. To prepare the sauce you will need:
To make such a sauce, rub the plums,peeled garlic, as well as pepper without seeds with a blender. In the same way chop the greens. Combine all ingredients and mix. Add salt and sugar to the resulting mass. In order for everything to mix well, use a blender or mixer.
Sterilize the jars and caps.Spread the prepared sauce in a container and seal it tightly. Keep this blank in a cool place. At room temperature the sauce will deteriorate and not be worth it until the end of winter.
It should be noted that this method of cooking allows you to save the maximum amount of all useful substances in the finished tkemali.
To prepare an extraordinary sauce, prepare:
Grind the plums by removing them firstbones. In the resulting puree, add salt, dried spices and sugar. Put the mixture on the fire, bring to a boil and cook until the sauce becomes thicker.
Peel the garlic, pass it through the press andadd it to the tkemali. Pour in the pomegranate juice, mix everything and cook for 5 minutes. Finished sauce into a sterilized container of glass and close tightly. You can store the workpiece at room temperature. This sauce fits perfectly with meat dishes. Yes, and it is prepared easily and quickly. Now you know how to cook tkemali.
