The Recipe Diary

By: Bharathy

Website: http://spicychilly.blogspot.com

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Category: Vegetarian

Dish type: Other

Key ingredients: dates, chillies, oil

Time: Less than 1 hour

Procedure:

Ingredients:

Dates – 10 nos
Green chillies finely minced-2 (I avoided this)
Ginger – a one inch piece- julienned
Garlic - 4 cloves- julienned
White vinegar-1-2 tbsps(according to the preffered sourness)
Sugar – ½ tsp

Seasoning

Oil – ½ cup
Curry leaves – a sprig
Mustard seeds-1/2tsp

Masala Powders

Chilly powder-1 tbsp
Asafoetida/Kayam - 1/4 tsp
Fenugreek/Uluva-Roasted and powdered finely– 1/4 tsp
Turmeric powder- a pinch
Salt - to taste

Method:

• Deseed the dates and cut each into 4 pieces.

• Heat oil in a pan.Throw in green chillies, ginger, garlic bits and curry leaves.Saute for a few seconds.

• Add dates.Now be careful with flame.Keep it to minimum or just put off and add the all the powders. Ensure they are mixed up and heated well enough,rather than getting over fried/charred.

• Add vinegar(I added a little water, just enough to make the pickle a little saucy-as I love that way :)..though addition of water is strictly \'Not\' recommended as in any pickles).Adjust the flame and bring the sauce to a boil.

• Add salt and sugar.Mix well.

• Store the dates pickle in a ceramic jar or glass bottle.