Spicy Tomato & Date Chutney

Name: Spicy Tomato & Date Chutney
Yield: Makes a 200 ml/7 fl oz jar
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 100 g/3½ oz/½ cup brown sugar; 1 tsp salt; 1 tsp chilli powder; 2 tbsp tamarind paste; 2.5 cm/1 in cinnamon stick; 2 tsp black mustard seeds; 5 cm/2 in piece of fresh ginger, peeled and finely chopped (or grated); 10 pitted dates, finely chopped; 5 tomatoes, finely chopped; 2 tsp sesame seeds; 1 tbsp vegetable oil

Preparation info

Makes a
200 ml
jar

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Meat Free Mowgli

By Nisha Katona

Published 2022

About

This tasty, fruity chutney can be eaten with so many things: eggs, cheese on toast, with curry or rice, with my Beetroot Chops … the list goes on and on.

Ingredients

1 tbsp vegetable oil
2 tsp black mustard seeds
2 tsp<

Asia
India
Spicy
Gluten-free
Vegan

Method

Heat the oil in a medium non-stick saucepan over a medium heat. When hot, add the mustard seeds, sesame seeds and cinnamon and let sizzle.
Once sizzling, add the chilli powder and chopped ginger, and cook for 2–3 minutes, or until fragrant. Add the chopped tomatoes and salt, and cook for about 5 minutes to let the tomatoes break down, then add the chopped dates