Even though we don’t eat pickle on a daily basis I love to make and store pickles. I always have a stock of dates pickle and Lime pickle in my pantry. Dates pickle goes very well with Biriyani and also with Aloo Parathas.
Dates Pickle
Ingredients:
Dates –1/2kg
Dates –1/2kg
Green chillies-15, cut into thin rounds
Garlic – 3 pods, minced
Ginger –2 tbsp, minced
Turmeric powder-1tsp
Chilly powder-4 tbsp
Fenugreek powder / Uluva podi-1 tsp
Mustard seeds-1/2 tsp
Curry leaves – 2-3 sprigs
Gingelly Oil / Sesame Oil / Nallenna – ¾ to 1 cup
Asafoetida / Kayam - 1/2 tsp
Salt - As needed
White vinegar-2 cups
Sugar – 1 tsp
Method:
- Deseed the dates and cut into small pieces.
- Heat ½ cup oil in a pan and fry chopped dates and keep aside.
- Add some more oil in the same pan and sauté green chillies, ginger, garlic and curry leaves and keep aside.
- Now add mustard seed to the remaining oil and when it splutters, add turmeric powder, chilly powder and fenugreek powder and sauté on low flame.
- To this add fried dates and ginger, garlic and chillies and mix well.
- Add sugar, salt and vinegar and bring it to a nice boil on medium flame.
- Turn off the flame and allow the pickle to cool down.
- Store in clean dry bottles.
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I luv dates in any form...looks very tempting
ReplyDeletelooks delicious...
ReplyDeletenever had this but looks delicious.
ReplyDeleteseems the recipe is incomplete
ReplyDeleteI have never heard of pickle with dates. This looks fantastic :) Guess its worth trying. Bookmarking :)
ReplyDeleteThis is AJ's fav... I am surely gonna give a try..
ReplyDeleteMmm, can just taste this pickle - looks so wonderful!!
ReplyDeleteDear Swapna,
ReplyDeleteThe pickle looks amazing. I wanna try it. But it seems to me as if the recipe is incomplete. Pls have a look and if so, will u pls complete it?
Many Thanks
OMG !!! that looks absolutely drool-worthy !!! Love the recipe, pics and everything :)
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