The
dates and tamarind chutney is made often in my home, as it is loved by all. It
is the most popular chtney of northern India.
This
recipe yields about 1½ cup of chutney. Make it and store it in a glass air
tight jar. It stays good for months in refrigerator. Take it out and eat
whenever you feel like.
Meethi
chutney can be served as a dip with Kachori, Samosa or batata vada. This is a
one stop recipe for all your chaat and fried savory snacks; No chat is complete
without drizzling few spoons of this tangy chutney.
On
each festival or celebration, it is the first thing to make before starting to
make savory snacks. I always keep jar full of tamarind chutney in my
refrigerator. Along with tamarind chutney, the spicy green mint chutney is also
a must with the chaat.
Step by step recipe
of Khajoor imli ki chutney
Take
½ cup tamarind and soak it in ½ cup of water for about 30 minutes.
Remove
the seeds from dates and tamarind. Take the soaked tamarind, grated ginger and 10-12
dates in the pressure cooker. Pressure cook with 1 cup of water for 2 whistles
on medium heat.
When
this cools down, blend with the hand blender. Alternately you can mash well
with your hands and extract the pulp.
With
the help of a strainer, strain the pulp.
Add
1½ tbsp. finely chopped raisins in the strained pulp.
Now
add salt to taste, ¼ cup jaggery/sugar and ½ tsp chili powder and ½ to 1 cup of
water, depending on the consistency of chutney you want.
Simmer
the chutney for about 10-15 minutes. Now add ¼ tsp garam masala and 1 tsp. roasted
cumin powder and a pinch of cardamom powder.(Here I have not added garam masala as my little one likes the
chutney sweet)
Give
it a boil and turn off the stove.
Serve
as a dip with any starter or as a side dish with stuffed paratha. Add the sweet
tangy Dates tamarind chutney to the chaat or indian snack that you make at
home.
In
this pic the chutney is served as well as added to ragda pattis – a popular
street food.
Khajoor imli ki
chutney recipe below:
A
tangy and sweet Indian condiment (chutney) made from dates and tamarind
AUTHOR:
Monali
RECIPE
TYPE: Dip/chutney/condiment
CUISINE:
Indian
SERVES:
makes 1 jar of chutney
INGREDIENTS
(measuring cup used, 1 cup=237 ml)
½
cup Tamarind/imli
10-12
dates/khajoor
¼
cup sugar or jaggery, if required
1½
tbsp. raisins
1
tbsp ginger/adrak, grated
½
tsp red chili powder
1
tsp roasted cumin powder
¼
tsp garam masala
½
tsp black salt
½
tsp salt
A
pinch of cardamom powder/elaichi
DIRECTION
NOTES
You
can alter the consistency of chutney as per your choice, simply alter the
amount of water and make the chutney thin as per your requirement.
SERVING
SUGGESTION
Serve
as a dip with any starter or as a side dish with stuffed paratha. Add the
sweet tangy Dates tamarind chutney to the chaat or indian snack that you make
at home.
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