Recipe for yellow plum tkemali sauce for winter

Tkemali is easy to prepare yourself. It will completely replace factory-made sauces. It can be poured into jars for the winter, opening it when needed for refilling.

Classic recipe

This gorgeous Georgian yellow plum sauce goes well with any dish, adding a spicy kick. You need to prepare tkemali from yellow plums when the fruit has reached ripeness.

For traditional sauce you should take:

• water – 250 ml;
• yellow plum – 3 kg;
• basil – 1 bunch;
• cilantro – 1 bunch;
• ground red and black pepper – 1 tsp each;
• nutmeg – 1 tbsp. L.;
• capsicum – 2 pcs.;
• parsley – 1 bunch;
• sugar – 4 tbsp. L.;
• salt – 1 tbsp. L.;
• Utskho- and khmeli-suneli – 1 tbsp. l.;
• garlic – 2 heads.

Homemade yellow plum tkemali sauce step by step with photo:

Pour water into a non-enamelled aluminum pan and, stirring, cook the fruit until soft over low heat. They will not burn in such a dish. In addition, vitamin C is destroyed less in it. After 20 minutes, turn off the stove.

Chop greens, garlic and hot pepper.

The plums are freed from peel and seeds, and then thoroughly ground.

The pulp is cooked over low heat with salt and sugar, stirring constantly. After boiling, add chopped herbs, red and black pepper, nutmeg, hops and utskho-suneli. Mix everything well.

Boil for a quarter of an hour. Cool. Sterilize jars for rolling.

Pour the resulting sauce into them.

Tkemali is stored in a dark and dry place. This spicy sauce goes great with boiled pork or boiled chicken breast.

Spicy tkemali with herbs and spices

The proposed tkemali sauce made from yellow sweet plums has a rich spicy and pungent taste.

To prepare it take:

• yellow plum – 0.5 kg;
• basil, cilantro and mint – 1 bunch;
• Coriander – 0.5 tsp;
• ground red pepper – 1 pinch;
• vegetable oil – 50 ml;
• year – 0.5 h.l.;
• garlic – 3 heads.

The process of preparing spicy tkemali sauce from yellow plums at home:

1. The fruits are poured with water and cooked until tender.
2. After first peeling them and removing the seeds, grind them to a puree.
3. Chop greens.
4. Mix the base with it.
5. Add salt and pepper to taste.
6. Boil. Then pour into sterilized jars with the addition of vegetable oil.

We can say that this is one of unusual sauces for barbecue or any meat.

Tkemali with bell pepper

There are interesting recipes for making yellow plum sauces. We need to remember one of them. We will add bell pepper to it.

If you use red vegetables, the sauce will turn out orange. Yellow ones will give it a rich color.

Composition:

• sweet pepper – 400 g;
• plums – 1 kg;
• hot pepper – 2 pods;
• Coriander – 0.5 tsp;
• sugar and salt – to taste;
• hops-suneli – 1 pinch;
• garlic – 2 heads.

How to cook tkemali with yellow plum pepper:

1. Fruits are peeled and pitted.
2. Peel the pepper.
3. All ingredients are crushed.
4. Stir and bring to a boil.
5. Add sugar, salt and spices.
6. Cook for another 20 minutes.
7. Pour into sterilized jars.

This recipe can serve as a base for pizza or even shawarma sauce.

Tkemali with vinegar

In order to prepare tkemali sauce from yellow plums, it is better to take slightly unripe sour fruits. But they often add piquancy to it by adding vinegar. It allows you to preserve canned food for 3 years.

We will need:

• plums -1 kg;
• hot red pepper – 2 pods;
• parsley – 1 bunch;
• dill – 1 bunch;
• vinegar 70% – 1 tsp;
• salt and sugar – to taste;
• sunel hops – 3 tbsp. L.;
• garlic – 7 cloves.

How to make tkemali sauce with vinegar:

1. The ingredients are prepared similarly to the previous recipes.
2. Everything is crushed to a puree.
3. Add sugar, salt and vinegar.
4. Simmer for 1.5 hours with constant stirring.
5. Pour into sterile jars.

It’s up to you to decide whether you need to add vinegar to tkemali; this recipe can be prepared without vinegar.