Tkemali sauce with suneli hops

The tkemali recipe came to us from Georgia. This is a savory sweet and sour sauce. In which greens, garlic and various spices are also added. It is often served along with meat dishes. In addition to a pleasant taste, tkemali has many useful properties. According to the classic recipe, tkemali is cooked from small blue cherry plum, which grows in Georgia as a wild plant. This sauce is a great addition to any dish. In this article, we will consider 2 options for preparing this sauce with the addition of suneli hops.

important points

To prepare a really tasty sauce, you need to follow these tips:

1. It doesn’t matter what color of plum or cherry plum to use. They can be red, blue or even yellow. The main thing is that they are not too soft or hard. Choose moderately ripe fruits.
2. Spices play an important role in the preparation of the sauce. They are responsible for the delicate taste of tkemali. Feel free to add hot pepper, suneli hops and coriander to it.

   

3. If the recipe requires removing the skin from the plums, then you can soak the fruits for several minutes in boiling water. After that, the skin will easily come off.
4. From too long a cooking process, the taste of the sauce deteriorates, and the amount of nutrients decreases.
5. If the sauce is not very spicy, then it can be consumed even by children. This is a great replacement for store-bought ketchup.

Tkemali recipe with suneli hops

To prepare this delicious sauce, you need to prepare the following ingredients:

• plums or any cherry plum – 2,5 kilograms;
• two heads of garlic;
• one or two hot peppers;
• granulated sugar – at least one glass (more if the cherry plum is sour);
• food salt – 2 teaspoons with a slide;
• greens – about 200 grams (dill, tarragon, parsley, cilantro and mint);
• hops-suneli seasoning – two teaspoons;
• coriander (ground) – two teaspoons;
• ucho-suneli – two teaspoons;
• allspice – at least 5 peas;
• Three bay leaves;
• dill umbrellas – 3 or 4 pieces.

Preparation of sauce:

1. Cooking tkemali begins with greens. It is washed and dried on a napkin. If mint, tarragon (tarragon) or reyhan is used, then it is necessary to tear off all the leaves from the main stem. We only need young tops and leaves.
2. Then the garlic is peeled and washed under running water. You also need to clean the hot pepper from the seeds (if you like spicy, then you can not do this).
3. After that, the washed cherry plum is transferred to a suitable pan. Allspice, dill umbrellas and bay leaves are also thrown there. All this is poured into a glass of water and put on the stove.
4. The contents are brought to a boil under the lid. Cherry plum needs to be stirred from time to time so that it does not stick to the bottom. After the plums let the juice go, you need to continue to cook the mixture for about 15 minutes.

   

5. Then the cherry plum is removed from the stove and rubbed through a metal colander. Thus, the bones are separated from it.
6. From the indicated amount of ingredients, at least 2 liters of puree should be obtained. After that, the mass is put on fire and again wait until it boils. Now you can add hops-suneli, ucho-suneli, coriander, granulated sugar and salt to the mixture.
7. In this form, the sauce is boiled over low heat for about 10 minutes. While the mass is boiling, you can prepare the herbs and garlic. The greens are finely chopped with a knife, and the garlic is passed through a press. Then all this is thrown into tkemali and mixed thoroughly. At this stage, you can taste the sauce for salt and sugar.
8. Then tkemali is boiled for another 5 minutes and the fire is turned off. The sauce is completely ready and can be poured into prepared jars.

   

Second cooking

Necessary ingredients:

• three kilograms of plums;
• 10 cloves of garlic;
• four bunches of cilantro;
• 20 grams of hops-suneli seasoning;
• five tablespoons of granulated sugar;
• three tablespoons of salt;
• hot pepper to taste (you can not add, hops-suneli will give sharpness);
• two teaspoons of table vinegar.

Cooking process:

1. The first step is to prepare the plums. They are washed and all bones are removed. Ready-made pitted fruits should be 3 kilograms.
2. Transfer plums to a saucepan and place over low heat. Stir the plums from time to time.
3. In this form, the plums are boiled under the lid for about 20 minutes. Then they are removed from the stove, cooled and ground through a sieve.

   

4. Then the plums again need to be put on a slow fire, adding suneli hops, salt and granulated sugar. If desired, you can add hot peppers.
5. Now, stirring, boil the sauce under the lid over low heat for 25 minutes.
6. In the meantime, you can prepare and chop the garlic and cilantro. The cloves can be passed through a press or grated on a fine grater.
7. After the required time has elapsed, add greens and garlic to the tkemali. Let the sauce simmer for another half an hour. The mass must be stirred regularly so that it does not stick to the bottom and does not burn.

   

8. Next, you need to add vinegar to the tkemali. If you also want to leave the sauce for eating immediately, then pour it into a separate container, and add vinegar to the remaining mass. Then tkemali is stewed for another 5 minutes and you can start rolling. Sauce jars must be washed and sterilized in advance in any convenient way.

It turns out a very appetizing and beautiful-looking sauce. And its aroma is simply impossible to convey in words. Such preparation does not require much time and expensive ingredients. It can be added to all sorts of dishes throughout the year. It goes especially well with meat and pasta.

Conclusion

As you can see, everyone can cook tkemali. This is an easy to prepare, but very tasty and fragrant sauce. The main role here is played by plums and spices, which not only combine very well with each other, but are also very healthy. It is not necessary to use all the spices given in the recipes. Everyone can choose seasonings to their liking. Tkemali complements suneli hops very well. This seasoning is rich in various spices. Thanks to this, you do not need to buy them separately, but you can simply add suneli hops to the sauce. Moreover, it includes the main ingredients of tkemali, such as mint, basil, bay leaf, coriander and dill.