Date chutney
Recipe detail
Ingredient list
- ½ cup tightly packed seedless tamarind
- ½ cup seedless dates
- ½ cup powdered or grated jaggery or as required - as per your taste
- 2 cups water
- ½ tsp dry ginger powder
- 2 tsp roasted & powdered cumin seeds
- 1 tsp roasted & powdered coriander seeds
- ¼ or ½ tsp red chili powder
- black salt or rock salt as required.
Preparation
- In a pan, take the tamarind, dates and water.
- Cook the tamarind and date for about 8-9 minutes on a low flame till they soften.
- Now add the powdered jaggery and continue to cook.
- Let the jaggery dissolve and the mixture thicken a bit.
- Add all the spice powders - red chili powder, coriander powder, dry ginger powder and roasted cumin powder.
- Stir & simmer for a further 1-2 minutes more.
- Season with salt.
- Let the chutney mixture cool down.
- In a chutney grinder or small blender, grind the this whole mixture till smooth.
- Add some water if required while grinding.
- Store the tamarind date chutney in an airtight bowl or container in the refrigerator and use it when you make chaat at home.