Georgian Tkemali sauce from plums with garlic and spices for winter

An exquisite masterpiece magnificent in every way! A wonderful recipe for cooking a national dish of Georgian cuisine, which you will definitely like and pleasantly surprise with its wonderful taste!
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Composition / ingredients

Servings:
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Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 8 % 1 g
Fats 0 % 0 g
Carbohydrates 92 % 12 g
51 kcal
GI: 83 / 0 / 17

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 55 min
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    To prepare a delicious national dish of Georgian cuisine, tkemali sauce, we prepare the necessary products with spices.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    We twist the well-washed and peeled plums through a meat grinder and put the puree in a saucepan, put it on the stove, which was turned on at medium temperature and do not forget to stir, using only a wooden spoon or a spatula, bring to a boil.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    Pour one teaspoon of coriander into a mortar, add one teaspoon of hop-suneli, one teaspoon of utsho-suneli and carefully grind with a pestle.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    We cut off the stems of the hot red chili pepper, remove the seeds, cut into slices and send them to a blender.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    We put two heads of peeled garlic, a sprig of peppermint in a blender and twist all the ingredients well.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6.

    Pour one tablespoon of salt into a saucepan with boiled plum puree.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7.

    Add three tablespoons of sugar to the pan, mix well and lower the temperature of the stove, mark the time and cook for twenty minutes.

  8. Step 8:

    Step 8.

    After twenty minutes, pour the cooked dry seasonings into the pan, add a mixture of garlic with hot red chili pepper and mix well, cook for another twenty minutes by lowering the temperature of the stove.

  9. Step 9:

    Step 9.

    Pour the hot sauce into sterilized jars, close them tightly with sterile lids, turn over and cover with a blanket and leave to cool for several hours. The prepared sauce is stored in the refrigerator or cellar.

  10. Step 10:

    Step 10.

    Cooking together, cooking simply, cooking at home the most delicious dishes from available products according to our recipes! Enjoy your meal!

We are preparing Tkemali sauce for the winter! Khachapuri, satsivi, tkemali. Such an associative series of famous Georgian dishes causes an appetite even if you have just eaten.
And eating in Georgia without wine and sauces is impossible in principle. Tkemali occupies such an important place in the national cuisine that any woman knows how to cook it from an early age.
Tkemali is a widespread dish of Georgian cuisine, which is firmly rooted in the kitchen and not only among Russians.
This sauce from any meat, fish, vegetable dish can make an exquisite masterpiece and therefore caring housewives try to cook and prepare it for the future. Let's take a look at the recipe and start cooking a wonderful homemade tkemali sauce in every way.
Hops-suneli is a complex complex of dry spices, which include crushed herbs:
basil, hot red pepper, parsley, celery, dill, coriander, bay leaf, savory garden, mint, marjoram, utsho–suneli, hyssop, Imeritinsky saffron.
Utsho-suneli is a unique and very aromatic mixture that is an ideal seasoning for fish, meat and vegetable dishes, it can also be added to soups and gravies.

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Plum - 42   kcal/100g
  • Fresh frozen plum - 52   kcal/100g
  • Garlic - 143   kcal/100g
  • Mint fresh - 49   kcal/100g
  • Dried mint - 285   kcal/100g
  • Mint - 49   kcal/100g
  • Granulated sugar - 398   kcal/100g
  • Sugar - 398   kcal/100g
  • Hop-suneli - 417   kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0   kcal/100g
  • Chili pepper - 40   kcal/100g
  • Ground coriander - 25   kcal/100g
  • Utsho-suneli - 12   kcal/100g

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