North Indian
Tamarind Date Chutney (Imli Khajur)
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Tamarind Date Chutney (Imli Khajur) is North Indian home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the condiment. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Simmer the tamarind and dates in the water until the dates are very soft, about 10 minutes.
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Cool a little, then blend smooth and strain out any fibers and skins.
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Return the puree to the pan with the jaggery, roasted cumin, dry ginger, black salt, and salt, and simmer until it thickens to a pourable sauce.
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Cool fully, then serve a spoonful in a small bowl alongside the meal; it keeps in the fridge for a week.
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Serve it with
A North Indian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Tamarind Date Chutney (Imli Khajur), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The dish at the centre
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The cooked vegetable
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What it is eaten with
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Something cool and fresh
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand. Tamarind Date Chutney (Imli Khajur) carries none of them. That is a checked answer rather than an ingredient list nobody read.
| Allergen | In this dish |
|---|---|
| Peanuts | No |
| Tree nuts | No |
| Dairy | No |
| Gluten | No |
| Shellfish | No |
| Eggs | No |
| Soy | No |
| Fish | No |
| Sesame | No |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 90 kcal
- Protein
- 1 g
- Carbs
- 22 g
- Fat
- 0 g
- Fiber
- 1 g
- Sugar
- 19 g
- Sodium
- 200 mg
- Saturated fat
- 0 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Tamarind Date Chutney (Imli Khajur) takes about 20 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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