easy tamarind chutney recipe | imli chutney | sweet tamarind dates chutney
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 5 minutes
- Cook time: 15 minutes
- Total time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 1 Jar
- Category: chutney
- Cuisine: street food
Ingredients
- ½ cup seedless tamarind / imli
- ½ cup seedless dates / khajoor
- 2 cups water (for thinner consistency add 3 cups water)
- ½ cup jaggery /gud
- ½ tsp fennel powder / saunf powder
- 1 tsp coriander powder / dhaniya powder
- ½ tsp cumin powder / jeera powder
- 1 tsp kashmiri red chili powder / lal mirch powder
- ½ tsp dry ginger powder / sonth- saunth powder
- salt to taste
Method
- firstly, in a large kadai take equal proportion of tamarind, dates and jaggery (½ cup each)
- further pour 2 cups of water.
- mix and boil the mixture for atelast 10 minutes.
- also add ½ tsp fennel powder, 1 tsp coriander powder, ½ tsp cumin powder, 1 tsp kashmiri red chili powder, ½ tsp dry ginger powder and salt to taste.
- mix and mash tamarind and dates.
- furthermore, simmer the mixture for 2 minutes.
- later allow the mixture to cool completly.
- now transfer the dates, tamarind mixture to the mixer and blend smooth puree.
- further strain the puree.
- and transfer the prepared khajoor imli ka chutney into airtight jar and store it in the refrigerator..
- finally, use the prepared tamarind date chutney in preparing sev puri, bhel puri or pani puri.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.