Date sauce recipe: Dates are not only a dry fruit that provides you with energy, but the sauce made from them can add a new touch to every snack you eat. You must have often seen that when we eat street food – like panipuri, tikki, samosa or chaat – the mild sweet and spicy sauce that comes with it makes it taste amazing. Now you can prepare the same sauce at home in a very easy way, without any preservatives or colours. Dates have a natural sweetness, so there is no need to add sugar in them. If you like a little sweet and sour taste, you can add lemon juice or the tartness of mango in them. This chutney is not only great in taste but is also healthy as it contains ingredients like jaggery, fennel, asafoetida and dry ginger which are also good for the stomach. What’s great about this recipe is that it is very easy to make, and once prepared, you can keep it in the refrigerator and use it comfortably for a couple of months. So let us know how the spicy and sweet date sauce is made and adds flavor to every bite.
First we need 250 grams of dates. Wash dates well two or three times because they often contain dirt. After washing, remove its seeds. Now heat some water in a pot and put the dates in the boiling water. Boil them over high heat for 2 to 3 minutes until they are tender.
When the dates boil well, turn off the gas and leave them to cool. After it cools, put it in the blender and make a smooth dough. This will be our base.
Now put a tablespoon of refined oil in the pan. Once the oil is slightly hot, add a teaspoon each of fennel and cumin seeds and half a teaspoon of asafoetida. Once the spices start to crackle, add the date paste to it. Now fry this paste on low heat while stirring continuously for 5 minutes. Be careful that the paste does not burn, so do not increase the flame.
Spices and flavours
Now add 3 tablespoons of crushed red pepper, which will give it spiciness. Next add a teaspoon of chaat masala, coriander, ground chili and cumin powder. Also add black salt and white salt to taste.
Now comes the turn of sweetness – add jaggery syrup to it. To do this, prepare a syrup by boiling jaggery in a cup of water and slowly mixing it in the date paste. Now add 2 tablespoons of sooth (dry ginger powder) powder which will give it absolutely amazing flavour.
If you like, you can also add raisins, watermelon seeds, cashews or almonds, this will make it richer. Now boil it on medium heat for 5 minutes until all the flavors melt well into each other.
For acidity
If you like a little acidity in your sauce, add a tablespoon of lemon juice. Alternatively you can also use mango tart (dry mango powder). This makes it taste exactly restaurant style.
Now turn off the gas and let the sauce cool completely. After it cools, we fill it in an airtight container and keep it in the refrigerator. This sauce stays fresh for up to two months and you can serve it anytime with samosas, chaat, tikki or pakora.
Ideas that serve
1. Use it by adding it to golgappa or panipuri water, the taste will double.
2. Serve over chaat, aloo tikki or samosas – it will taste like a restaurant.
3. It can also be eaten in the form of sandwiches or wraps.
advice
1. Keep the sauce in the refrigerator, and do not leave it outside for a long time.
2. If the sauce becomes too thick, add some hot water and stir.
3. You can increase or decrease the spices as per your choice.
