Malabar Style Dates Pickle Recipe
Malabar Style Dates Pickle Recipe is a popular pickle recipe from the Malabar region of Kerala. Dates, are usually associated with desserts or eaten raw. But, here we have prepared a delightful pickle out of it. It is an instant pickle recipe, which gets cooked in 10 minutes. It is sweet, spicy and tangy bursting with flavours all at the same time. It pairs very well with the traditionally cooked Thalassery Biryani.
Course : Side Dish
Ingridients : 250 grams Dates , pitted and roughly chopped
1 tablespoon Ginger , paste
1 tablespoon Garlic , paste
4 Green Chillies , finely chopped
1/4 teaspoon Turmeric powder (Haldi)
1 tablespoon Red Chilli powder
3 tablespoons Vinegar
1 teaspoon Mustard seeds (Rai/ Kadugu)
1/4 teaspoon Asafoetida (hing)
1 tablespoon Sugar
2 tablespoons Oil
1 sprig Curry leaves
Salt , to taste
Instructions To begin making the Malabar Style Dates Pickle Recipe, remove the seeds from the dates, roughly chop them and keep aside.Heat oil in a wide pan, add the mustard seeds, allow to splutter and then add asafoetida, curry leaves and let the curry leaves splutter.Add the ginger, garlic pastes and green chilli. Saute till the raw smell goes away. Add the turmeric, red chilli powder and mix well.Add the chopped dates, and cook until the dates become soft. Season this with salt, sugar and saute for another minute or till the seasoning merges with the recipe.Add the vinegar and simmer until the pickles comes together and then switch off the heat.Serve the Malabar Style Dates Pickle Recipe along with Parathas for breakfast or with Vegetable Biryani and Papadam for a weekend lunch.
Malabar Style Dates Pickle Recipe
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