Ganga<p>Finally, the <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ChilliJamWithComplexFlavours" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChilliJamWithComplexFlavours</span></a> is done. I have just turned it off - I had to turn it off when I had to go out for meetings, so finished its low-heat cooking tonight. Once it cools, I'll put it into jars. There'll also be some beautiful chilli oil as a side product.</p><p>It is interesting how it is made. It has a fair amount of oil in the pureed mix of chillies, onions and garlic. Over the hours of cooking over low heat, the puree is "roasted" in the oil, developing the layered flavours. After 12'ish hours, dark sugar and tamarind are added, and it is further cooked for 2 hours.</p><p>I never realised about the roasting before as I have always used all red chillies. This time I used a mix of red and green, so in the beginning, with the onions, it was a pale mixture.</p><p>After cooking overnight in the slow cooker, it was a dark red colour. Beautiful. Altho the mix of chillies gives a slightly different flavour.</p><p>The original recipe was from <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ChristineManfield" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChristineManfield</span></a> and is in her books <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Stir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stir</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Spice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spice</span></a>. <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/AustralianAuthor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AustralianAuthor</span></a> It is a very SE Asian style chilli sauce/jam.</p><p>The house will smell of chillies for several days no doubt.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/FromTheKitchen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FromTheKitchen</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/WhatIAmCooking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhatIAmCooking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/chillies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chillies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>food</span></a></p>