Tamarind candy

Ingredients

• Tamarind- 250g
• Jaggery – 200g
• Sugar – 50g
• Salt – 1 tsp
• Red chilli powder- 1/2 tsp

Method 

• Today we are going to prepare tamarind candy
• First Take tamarind in an bowl and add a bit of water and mix it with hand and keep it aside to let it melt
• Now grate the jaggery and keep it aside
• Now remove all the fibers and seeds from the mixed tamarind
• And stir in well and keep it aside
• Now heat oil in a pan
• And add grated jaggery in to it and stir it continuously till it melts completely
• Then add the tamarind paste when the jaggery is completely melted
• Now mix this jaggery and tamarind well till its consistency becomes thick
• The add some salt and red chilli powder and mix well again
• Stir it continuously
• Then add sugar and mix till it dissolves
• Now transfer it in to a bowl and let it cool
• Then wrap it in a candy wrapper
• Tamarind candy / puli mittayi is ready