Date and Grape Chutney

This is a Sanjeev Kapoor recipe, which I tried and liked, the only change I would make to the recipe next time, is chop the grapes instead of cooking them whole. Its a nice change from your regular tamarind date chutney and goes well with vegetarian or non vegetarian kababs.

Ingredients :

               

25- 30 seedless Grapes,, chopped
10-11 Medjool dates,deseeded and chopped, you can adjust the quantity to suit your taste
1/2 tsp. Cumin seeds
1 tsp. Red chilli powder
Raisins
Salt to taste
Jaggery (gur),grated 1/4 cup

Method :

Dry roast cumin seeds, cool and powder. Cook together grapes and dates along with few drops of water till the grapes are completely mashed. Add red chilli powder and roasted cumin powder, raisins and cook for five minutes. Add salt and jaggery and mix well till the jaggery is completely dissolved and well blended. Serve at room temperature.

I followed the recipe as is and made no creative changes, turned out good. Definitely good for a break from the good ol tamarind and date chutney.

As dates are considered a power food I am sending this to Jagrutis Super Foods Super Power event 

My Eid Feast

It seems like yesterday when we welcomed Ramadan.

Now its hard to believe that half of it is almost over, as the days are flying Eid (Eid-ul- Fitr) is coming closer.

Like Islam itself , Eid takes various colors from various cultures and its always interesting to know how people all around the world celeberate it and what their traditions are.

What better way to find out than invite all of you, my blogger friends, to share your celeberation, stories, feasts with me .

Announcing the event "My Eid Feast". This is how it works :

You can post about how you celeberated Eid, what you cooked, how you prepped, what are your eid traditions, etc.

Also you can click your Eid spread and just submit the pic.

So what if you dont celeberate Eid ? may be you went to an eid party or have a friend or neighbour who celeberates it, I would love to hear from you too!

Please link your entries below using the linky tool, I know its too early for this post but I just thought of giving you a heads up .

Use of logo will be highly appreciated , as it helps to spread the word.

So as you get yourself ready for Eid dont forget to keep your cameras handy :)

I look forward to your Eid Feast...:)

Aash

Aash is made daily for iftaar during the month of Ramadan, the following recipe is shared by my mother-in-law, who taught me how to make it.

Ingredients:

1 tbsp. Ghee
a small piece Cinnamon
2 Cardamoms
1 tbsp. moong dal
1 tbsp. Kheema(optional)
1 tsp Ginger Garlic Paste
1 tbsp. Cilantro
1 tbsp. Mint
11/2 tbsp.Coarsely Ground Rice
4 C water, or more.

Method:

Heat ghee, add cinnamon, cardamom and kheema,cook for some time now add moong dal, add ginger garlic paste and fry for few seconds, add water , cilantro and mint and salt. Let the water boil , now add rice powder and cook till rice is cooked.

You could also use stock instead of water

Sending it to Ramadan Friendly Recipes @ the halal foodie blog and Lubnas Joy from Fasting to Feasting