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Here are some friends with simlar question as we.And I have this question for many days,anyone help us?
Kitty said: Yes.What are the condiments served with papadum at Indian restaurants?-I try seach this on internet but no results found.Maybe this is a stupid question.
Mike said: oh,no,you are wrong.I have found as below for this question(What are the condiments served with papadum at Indian restaurants?),it will help you,my kids.

Typically when you order papadum (or sometimes naan), you get a few "dipping" sauces. One is very spicey and looks like chopped red onions. The other is dark, and tastes sort of sweet like plum.

Does anyone know what these are --- and maybe where to get them?

Answer:
The condiments are usually a sweet & spicy mango chutney and and a tart and spicy tamarind (imli)chutney. But I think it may be a chili/garlic/shallots chuntney. It depends on the restaurant. You can find these in the Indian aisles of any large supermarket and definitely in all Indian stores. There is quite alot of variety.

Traditionally, in India, papad and naan are not eaten with any "dipping" sauces. This is purely an "Americanized" thing.

Funny thing is I never get the "dipping" sauces with my papad or naans in any Indian restaurant! They just bring them out as is!
They are types of chutney - mango is the sweet one and tomato (possibly) the spicy one. This varies depending on the restaurant...you can get them in the international food section of most large grocery stores (they usually have dried pappadums, too - just brush them with oil and microwave and voila "fresh" pappadums).
I have never gotten sauces with my papadum, but I have with samosas. I don't know about the first sauce but the second is made with tamarind and ketchup usually. And I also get a green chutney, which is very spicey, it is made of green chillies, cilantro and mint.
Generally the dark sweet plummy thing is a sweet mango chutney - the colour depends on what has been used to sweeten the mangoes - its yellow/orange if it is sugar-based, darker shades if molasses-based (either palm or sugarcane molasses).
The hot and spicy stuff is typically a mixed pickle, or hot lemon pickle. The Patak's pickle range is really good.
You would get any of these items in any shop that sells Indian grocery. I have seen these stuff sold in the Tesco's & Waitrose chains.


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