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Sour ingredients in Indian cooking

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Sourness balances Indian food. Each region has its favourite way to add it.

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Dry dishes

Dry mango powder

Amchur

Tang without liquid: bhindi, chana, samosa filling.

South Indian cooking

Tamarind

Imli

Sambar, rasam and sweet chutney.

The Konkan coast

Kokum

Kokum

Fish curries and pink sol kadhi.

Chaat and drinks

Black salt

Kala namak

Salty, tangy and sulphurous.

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