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Ingredients

  • 10 -15 deseeded dates
  • 2 tbsp Freshly grated Ginger
  • 1 tsp Chilli powder
  • 1 Salt to taste
  • 1 tbsp Jaggery / palm sugar / Brown sugar
  • 1 tbsp Tamrind Paste
  • 1 tbsp roasted cumin powder

Method

  • soak Dates in warm water to soften them and grind them to a smooth paste
  • Add rest of the ingredients with 1.5 cup of water and bring to boil (please adjust salt and chilly powder to suit taste)
  • Let it simmer until it turns into a viscous liquid or the consistency of a chutney.
  • A common chutney dip that can be used with fritters, grilled or fried chicken or any meat, even your daily french fries.
  • The hot and sweet taste of dates and ginger come straight from the middle-East with an Indian twist!!
  • This is a base recipe which can b reworked to suit ones tastes any makes use of available ingredients.. One can substitute dates with apples, pineapple, figs, apricot, plums, cherries...