Tomato and Dates Bengali Chutney

Name: Tomato and Dates Bengali Chutney
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 250 gms Tomatoes; 6-7 Dates seedless; 20 gms Mango pulp candy (aam shotto); 7-8 kaju/cashew; 10-12 kismish /raisins; 200 gms Sugar; to taste Salt; 2 dry red chillies; 1/2 teaspoon paanch phoron(refer to method); 2-3 tsp lemon juice; 1/2 tsp turmeric powder; 1 tbsp mustard oil

Rita Talukdar Adak @ritaadak17

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Tomato
A special dish cooked in every bengali households specially on auspicious occasions.
A personal favourite in my house.

Rita Talukdar Adak @ritaadak17

#GA4
#week7
Tomato
A special dish cooked in every bengali households specially on auspicious occasions.
A personal favourite in my house.

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Ingredients

30 mins

6 servings

250 gmsTomatoes
6-7Dates seedless
20 gmsMango pulp candy (aam shotto)
7-8kaju/cashew
10-12kismish /raisins
200 gmsSugar
to tasteSalt
2 dry red chillies
1/2 teaspoonpaanch phoron(refer to method)
2-3 tsplemon juice
1/2 tspturmeric powder
1 tbspmustard oil

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Steps

30 mins

1

Roughly chop the tomatoes and slit the dates vertically. Also cut the mango pulp candy into slices
2

In a kadai heat 1 tsp mustard oil. Add paanch phoron (cumin seeds, Fennel seeds,klaonji,mustard seeds, Fenugreek seeds) and add dry red chilli to it.
3

Then add tomatoes and turmeric powder along with salt.cover and cook till the tomatoes turn mushy
4

Add lemon juice and cover & cook for another 3 mins.
5

Add sugar and cook the chutney till the tomatoes turn dark in colour
6

Add kaju, kismis,dates and mango candy to the chutney. boil the chutney till it reduces to the desired consistency
7

Remove from heat as the chutney will thicken once it cools down
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