Tamarind-Date Chutney

Ingredients:

1. Base ball size amount seedless tamarind.
2. Base ball size amount date-palm paste .
3. 1/4 teaspoon red chillies powder.
4. 1/2 teaspoon sugar.
5. pinch of salt.
   

Method:

1. Soak the tamarind in about 4-5 cups of warm water for about 15 min.
2. Squeeze out the pulp in the water using the hands till u feel all the pulp is in the water and only tamarind skeletons are left in water.
   
3. filter out the skeleton using hands.
4. now transfer the water with tamarind pulp in a bowl and put it on the stove over medium heat.
5. add to this tamarind water the date paste, 1/2 teaspoon sugar and 1/4 teaspoon chillies powder.
6. allow it to boil for about 20 mins (but keep stirring continuously).
7. remove from heat when it has reached a consistency of beaten yogurt or thick consistency.
   
8. stain the little by little this whole liquid using a medium sized strainer by using a spoon into a new bowl.
9. see the bottom of the stainer it would have a lot of pulp ...do not discard this swipe this using the spoon and add to the strained liquid.
10. taste it and if u feel that u need any thing like chillies powder , salt or sugar add according to ur taste.
    

Party Recommendation: Add little amount of cinammon and clove powder to make it smell good and different.