Recipe: Date chutney and laddo

Recipe: Date chutney and laddo

Ingredients:

250 gms dates
250 gms tamarind
¼ tsp salt
½ tsp red chilli powder
½ tsp chat masala
½ tsp all spice powder




Method:
Deseed the dates and save the pulp.
Soak tamarind in a glass of warm water for an hour and squeeze the juice.
In a non-stick pan mix date pulp, tamarind juice and bring to a boil adding salt, chilli powder, chat masala and all spice powder.
When it is thick, remove and leave it to cool and store it in glass jar and serve with fried dishes.


Recipe: Laddo
Ingredients:

1/2 kg fresh dates
1/2 cup milk
1 tsp honey
1 tsp butter melted
1 cup coconut powder
1/2 cup almond roughly chopped




Method:
Deseed the dates and mash them adding milk, honey and butter.
Make balls of either oval or round shape.
Roll them in coconut powder and almond powder.
Arrange them in a tray and refrigerate to chill.
While making balls you can fix a tooth pick in the centre so that it can be easily picked and eaten.
This dish does not require cooking.