Authentic Bengali Tomato Dates Chutney

Name: Authentic Bengali Tomato Dates Chutney
Yield: as required
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 ripe tomatoes chopped; 1 pinch salt; 4-5 de-seeded dates; 2 tbsp tamarind pulp; 1 tbsp raisins; 4-5 slit cashews; to taste Jaggery; 1/2 tsp pepper powder; 1/2 tsp saunf /fennel seeds; 2 tsp ghee; 1 tbsp maida/all-purpose flour slurry; as needed water

Sudeshna Rajib Das @cook_85882015

New Delhi

#pickles
It's a Bengali version of tomato chutney. Enjoy it and let me know in the comments section...

Sudeshna Rajib Das @cook_85882015

New Delhi

#pickles
It's a Bengali version of tomato chutney. Enjoy it and let me know in the comments section...

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Ingredients

half an hour

as required

2ripe tomatoes chopped
1 pinchsalt
4-5de-seeded dates
2 tbsptamarind pulp
1 tbspraisins
4-5slit cashews
to tasteJaggery
1/2 tsppepper powder
1/2 tspsaunf /fennel seeds
2 tspghee
1 tbspmaida/all-purpose flour slurry
as neededwater

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Steps

half an hour

1

Heat a kadai, add a tsp of ghee to it. Then add sauf to it. Let it splutter, then chopped tomatoes to it. Cover the pan & cook it over a low flame until it becomes soft.
2

Till the time, the tomato softens, in a tadka pan add a tsp of ghee & fry the raisins and nuts. Keep it aside. Now open the lid of the kadai & add half a cup of water to it. Again cover the pan and cook until the tomatoes becomes more tender and soft.
3

Then add fried raisins and cashews & dates to it. Give it a mix. Now add tamarind pulp to it. Give it a mix, then add grated jaggery & a pinch of salt to it, add pepper powder to it. Give everything a good mix once again.
4

Cover the pan and cook it for 3 to 4 mins more. Then add maida & water mixture to it. And cook for 2 to 3 mins. more. Then switch off the flame.
5

Let it come to room temperature then have it as it is or you can have it after having a pure Bengali feast.