Date and Tamarind Chutney/Khajoor Imli Ki Chutney

Date and tamarind chutney- A sweet and tangy tamarind and date chutney

khajoor imli ki chutney/sweet tamarind chutney is the most popular chutney of Northern India .It is served with each and every snack and chaat items ,no chat is complete with out drizzling few spoons of this tangy chutney. I always keep a jar full of tamarind chutney in my refrigerator and on each festival it is  the first thing to make  before starting to make the savory snacks.

Making tamarind chutney is quite easy if you add the ingredients in correct ratio to balance the sweet and sour taste of it .You can use either sugar or jaggary ,both taste good. The spice level can also be adjusted according to your preference but as it is used over chats so it will be on spicier side. But do remember to remove all the seeds from date and tamarind before grinding else they will ruin the taste of the chutney.addition of raisins is optional you can skip if you wish.

Though date and tamarind chutney is the most popular one but their are few more versions of making sweet chutney other then making with tamarind ,we can also make saunth /sweet chutney  with mango powder – Amchoor ki meethi chutney and it is equally delicious and have a good shelf life .Along with tamarind chutney the spicy Green Mint chutney  and aam papad chutney is also made prior to all the festival and celebrations.

It taste great with Dahi vada, Aloo samosa, Batata vada , Masala mathri and almost every street food and chaat items.

Khajoor Imli Ki Chutney /Date and Tamarind Dip A sweet and tangy tamarind and date dip

• CourseChutney /Dips
• CuisineNorth Indian Cuisine

Prep Time10 minutes Cook Time20 minutes Ingredients

• 1cup Tamarind / Imli
• 25 Dates / Khajoor
• 1.5cup Sugar / Chini
• 3tbsp Raisins / Kishmish
• 2tbsp Ginger / Adrakgrated
• 1.5tsp Red Chilli powder / Laal mirch powder
• 1.5tsp Roasted Cumin Powder / Jeera Powder
• 1/2tsp Garam Masala Powderoptional
• 1tsp Black Salt / Kala Namak
• 1tsp Salt / Namak

Instructions

1. Wash the dates and remove the seeds.
2. Soak tamarind in 1 cup water for 1/2 hour and then remove all the seeds carefully.
3. Add tamarind and dates in the pressure cooker with 2 cups of water and pressure cook for 2 whistles.
4. When it cool down ,blend with a hand blender or mash well with your hand .
5. Strain the pulp with a soup strainer.
6. Add raisins and ginger,if you have fussy kids then add raisins and ginger in the strained pulp and blend again to make them into fine pieces.
7. Now add sugar,salt and chili powder and a glass of water .(if you want to make it thinner, then add some more water here )
8. Cook on slow flame for 20 minutes.then add roasted cumin powder and garam masala( personally I don’t like to add garam masala in this,but if you like, you can add)
9. Give it a boil ,remove from fire and let it cool down completely.
10. fill the prepared tamarind chutney in an air tight glass jar and Keep it refrigerated for a long shelf .
11. Serve as a dip with any snack or starter ,drizzle over your chat or or as a side dish with stuffed paratha ,thepla and masala pooris etc.

Recipe Notes

Note-

1. Instead of sugar you can also use Jaggary.
2. you can use dry ginger powder instead of using fresh ginger.
3. can adjust the consistency of the chutney according to your preference so add little less or more water to make it thinner or thicker as per your requirement.

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