Tkemali

Traditional Georgian sauce of a tkemala is served, generally to meat, fish, bird dishes. However it also Ткемали готовится из алычи prekrasnosochetatsya with potatoes and macaroni dishes, uncharacteristic for Georgia. It is quite difficult to distinguish that from huge variety of various recipes only which is considered original. Nevertheless, plum of a tkemala is a part traditional tkemal, as a rule, (also known as a cherry plum). This kind of plums has the expressed acid taste in which also sauce differs. Quite often, however, the place of a cherry plum in tkemal is taken by other acid product, most often it is a gooseberry or red currant.

Original sauce possesses in green color which to it is given by immature plum of a tkemala. However, red color of sauce is not a rarity too, however in this case in its basis there is already mature fruit which color changes on red or yellow.

Except actually plum (or its acid analog) garlic, ground pepper, a number of spicy herbs are a part of a tkemala. As a rule, add fennel, cilantro to tkemal and ombat – the plant representing a kind of mint with characteristic small leaves of rounded shape. It can quite be replaced with a melissa, a saffron or a celery.

It is curious that sauce like a tkemala is done also in some Balkan countries, for example, in Bulgaria.

Preparation of a tkemala

It is possible to make this sauce and in house conditions. Of course, 1,5 kg of a special cherry plum of a tkemala are desirable to stock up that is difficult in view of its rare occurrence on counters. With great or smaller success the acid cherry plum can be replaced with plum-ternovkoy or more usual option – ripe blue or yellow plums.

Ingredients which will be required for preparation of a tkemala:

1,5 kg of the chosen plums;
1 or 2 heads of garlic;
celery pod;
big bunch of cilantro;
small bunch of fennel;
tablespoon of a ground dried basil;
½ tablespoons of dried and ground parsley;
½ h l. saffron;
h l. salts;
½ tablespoons of ground hot pepper;
tablespoon of ground bay leaf
ombat tablespoon (in the presence);
½ h l. coriander.

Ткемали в бутылке Before starting preparation of a tkemala directly, it is necessary to prepare and sterilize a container for its storage. When this clause is implemented, it is possible to pass to preparation of sauce.

Plums of a tkemala, having filled in with water, it is necessary to bring to boiling and to prepare until on most of them the skin does not begin to burst. As soon as it happened, to remove, take out plums from fire from water and to lay out on a sieve or a colander. It is possible also, having removed from plums of a stone and having removed from them skins, to grind pulp in the blender. Whatever way was chosen, the main objective – to turn soft plums into gruel. Greens (garlic, cilantro, fennel and a celery) should be washed up and to chop small. To add bay leaf and other spices and spices to them.

At this time gruel from plums needs to be put on average fire, for 5-7 minutes again.

After this time to add small cut mix from greens to already boiling cherry plum of a tkemala then to cook on an extent of 5-7 minutes, periodically stirring slowly and removing the formed skin. It is simple to define readiness of sauce thanks to change of its color: it became brighter and saturated (color depends on the used plum grade). Ready tkemat to remove from fire and to pour in in advance prepared container. In order that sauce was longer stored, in bank with already poured a tkemala it is necessary to add several tablespoons of vegetable oil which will serve as a peculiar cover for a tkemala. You should not worry that oil can filter into sauce – it will not occur and when time to try plum sauce comes, oil needs to be merged.

It is possible to try, of course, ready sauce at once, however only infused within 3-4 days of a tkemala develops characteristic spicy aroma and a sourish taste.

It is the best of all to store tkemal in the refrigerator.

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