DATES & TOMATO CHUTNEY

Here is my recipe from my Mom’s place and this one, I am sending for Nithu's event.

DATES & TOMATO CHUTNEY

Preparation time:10 minutes (Approximately)

Cooking time: 15-20 minutes (Approximately)

Serves-4-5 persons

INGREDIENTS

Tomatoes- 4 medium in size (chopped)

Dates- ½ to ¾ cups (Seedless)

Oil-2 tsp

Panch Phoran-1 tsp

Curry Leaves-few

Green Chillies-2 (Finely chopped)

Dry Red Chilli-1

Asafoetida- ½ tsp

Grated Ginger-1 tsp

Salt-to taste

Turmeric Powder- ½ tsp

Jaggery or sugar-2 tabs

METHOD

• Heat oil in a pan.

• Add panchphoran, dry red chilli, grated ginger, curry leaves, asafoetida and green chillies.

• Once mustard splutter then add chopped tomatoes along with turmeric and salt.

• Cook till tomatoes are done half then add dates.

• Once the tomatoes cooked completely add jaggery or sugar.

• Cook till it is semi solid.

• Serve with rice, roti or parathas.

MY TIPS

• Panch phoran can be made from equal quantity of mustered, cumin, fennel. Onion seeds (Kalonji) and red chilli seeds.

• The chutney will have all taste in it, so you can serve this for kid.

• Instead of tomatoes, even you can also give a try with tamarind pulp.