Ingredients
- A delicious sweet and spicy chutney thats made during Passover for the seder meal by Cochini Jews in India. Its also lovely with wine cheese and crackers. I eat it with curds and rice too!
- MAKES ABOUT 2 CUPS
- 1.5 TABLESPOONS WHITE SESAME SEEDS PLUS ½ TABLESPOON
- 175 GRAMS PITTED BROWN DATES
- 2 TABLESPOONS SWEET WHITE WINE (OPTIONAL, USE WATER OR GRAPE JUICE)
- 4 TABLESPOONS GOLDEN RAISINS, PIPS REMOVED SOAKED IN A 1/2 CUP OF WATER
- 1/2 CUP TOASTED WALNUT PIECES
- 1 CUP PEELED AND FINELY DICE RED APPLES
- 1.25 TEASPOONS WHOLE CORIANDER SEEDS
- 2 DRIED RED KASHMIRI CHILLIES STALKS REMOVED ( OR USE TO TASTE)
- SALT TO TASTE
Instructions
- PUT THE DATES AND A ½ TEASPOON OF SALT INTO A SAUCEPAN.
- ADD ¾ CUP WATER AND COOK TO A BOIL UNTIL MOST OF THE WATER HAS EVAPORATED.
- MEANWHILE TOAST ¼ TABLESPOON SESAME SEEDS IN A DRY SKILLET ON MEDIUM HEAT UNTIL TOASTY. RESERVE.
- TOAST REMAINING SESAME SEEDS, RED CHILLIES IN THE DRY SKILLET UNTIL TOASTY. COOL AND GRIND TO A SMOOTH POWDER.
- CHOP HALF THE COOKED DATES. RESERVE.
- GRIND THE REMAINING DATES AND GROUND SESAME AND SPICES TO A SMOOTH PUREE.
- STIR IN THE WALNUTS, APPLES, RAISINS AND CHOPPED DATES. ADJUST FOR SALT.
- GARNISH WITH REMAINING SESAME SEEDS.
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