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Sweet Chutney Recipe-Tamarind Date Chutney-Sweet Chutney for Chat

June 28, 2012 by PadhuSankar 17 Comments

Tamarind dates chutney or imli ki meethi chutney is a very popular sweet and sour and spicy chutney made with dates, tamarind and jaggery. It is served with many chaat items and can also be used as a dip for samosas. It is also known as saunth chutney.Today we will learn how to make sweet chutney (khatta meeta chutney) for chaat following this easy recipe.

Sweet Chutney-Tamarind Date Chutney

Date Tamarind Chutney

Ingredients needed

Jaggery – 1/4 cup (75-80 grams)
Tamarind – 1/3 cup heaped (35 grams)
Dates – 10-12
Red chilli powder -1/2
Roasted Cumin/ jeera powder -1/4 tsp
Dry ginger powder -1/4 tsp
Salt to taste

Preparation

Soak tamarind in hot water for an hour.

Dissolve jaggery in little water and filter it to remove its impurities.

Remove the seed from the dates or use seedless variety.

Method

In a pan boil together tamarind and dates with just enough water. When it starts boiling, add jaggery.

Add salt, chilli powder, jeera powder and dry ginger powder. Simmer and cook till it reaches a saucy consistency. Mash it well with a potato masher.

Allow it to cool, strain it  using a soup strainer, pressing it well with a ladle to extract as much pulp as you can. Store it in an airtight container in the refrigerator. This chutney can also be freezed for 15-20 days.

Also refer

Green Chutney for chaat

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  1. PT

    June 28, 2012 at 4:07 pm

    thanks for sharing it padhu.. very delicious..

    Reply
  2. R.Ramakrishnan

    June 28, 2012 at 5:50 pm

    Mmmmmm! Finger licking delicious and chatpata !

    Reply
  3. Maayeka

    June 28, 2012 at 6:01 pm

    Loved this sweet and sour chutney….

    Reply
  4. Cookwell

    June 28, 2012 at 6:03 pm

    nice and simply chutney recipe. You have a beautiful space. first time here. Happy to follow you.

    Reply
  5. faseela

    June 28, 2012 at 6:59 pm

    fabulous chutney dear….

    Reply
  6. Srimathi

    June 29, 2012 at 1:54 am

    A staple in my fridge.

    Reply
  7. Chandrani

    June 29, 2012 at 6:18 am

    Lovely sweet sour chutney for chaat.

    Cuisine Delights
    My Monthly Event -Spotlight:Curries/Gravies".

    Reply
  8. Priya Satheesh

    June 29, 2012 at 10:12 am

    Nice to know that this can b freezed…never tried tat…thnx for sharing.

    Reply
  9. Spice up the Curry

    June 29, 2012 at 11:09 am

    I love this sweet and sour chutney

    Reply
  10. Priya

    June 29, 2012 at 3:48 pm

    Simply love this chutney.

    Reply
  11. Vidhya

    June 29, 2012 at 8:31 pm

    Love the mixed flavours.

    Reply
  12. Ambreen

    July 2, 2012 at 7:01 am

    I love this chutney, loved the addition of dates. Fantastic recipe!

    Reply
  13. rajirk

    February 20, 2013 at 12:15 pm

    thank you padhu. as i was at home today, thought of making bhelpuri for my children. was not having sweet chutney so tried your method and came out well. thank you so much. shall send you the photograph.

    Reply
  14. Sadhana

    March 21, 2013 at 12:29 pm

    wow so simple.i m surely trying this out tomorrow

    Reply
  15. clintz

    January 20, 2014 at 11:46 am

    Hi… I tried the recipe in a similar way its described…. it came out very well… after 6 months of trying finally i made the perfect sambhar !!! TQ

    Reply
  16. Unknown

    February 26, 2016 at 8:42 am

    Hi would it be possible to give the recipe for sweet chutney without tamarind in it…… I mean can we replace tamarind with something else….??

    Reply
  17. Bhuvana Narayanamurthy

    January 21, 2018 at 12:11 am

    If I'm using tamarind paste instead of tamarind what quantity should I use?

    Reply

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