Meetha Chutney

• Wash the dates, chop them roughly and keep aside.
• Heat a pan and dry cook cumin and fennel seeds.
• Cool and grind the cumin and fennel.
• To a bowl, add the cumin, black salt, tamarind pulp, dates and powdered fennel, powdered red chili, powdered dry ginger, jaggery, salt and one cup of water.
• Cook the mixture on moderate flame till it starts boiling.
• On a low flame, continue cooking for six to eight minutes.

Trivia:

• Low water and high sugar content give dates a long shelf life.
• Of the more than 200 varieties of dates in the world, Medjool is the hardest to grow, hence the costliest.
• One cup of dates converts into 400 calories.