Potato Salad with Date and Tamarind Chutney

Name: Potato Salad with Date and Tamarind Chutney
Yield: Serves 4 as a side salad
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 1 red onion, diced; juice of 1 lime; 2 tbsp chopped fresh coriander (cilantro), plus extra to garnish; 500 g small new potatoes, unpeeled; 175 g (1¼ cups) jaggery or light muscovado sugar; 150 g tamarind; 2 tsp cumin seeds, toasted and ground; ½ tsp cracked black peppercorns; 1 green chilli, seeded and finely chopped; 1 tsp ground ginger; ¼ tsp garam masala; 125 g (¾ cup) chopped, stoned dates

Preparation info

Serves
4
as a side salad

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Curry Lovers Cookbook

By Roopa Gulati

Published 2007

About

After my parents moved to England from India, my mother made it her mission to recreate the punchy flavours of the spiced snacks from Delhi street stalls. Although we lived in a rural village, she managed to bring all the fun of a South Asian marketplace to our family kitchen in northern England.

Ingredients

500 g small new potatoes, unpeeled
juice of 1 lime
1 red onion

Asia
Europe
India
United Kingdom
Delhi
Snack
England
Street Food
Mediterranean
Vegan
Gluten-free

Method

To make the chutney, break up the tamarind and put it in a pan with the dates and jaggery. Pour over enough water to cover, about 500 ml (scant 2¼ cups), and bring to the boil. Redu