Lime and Date Chutney Recipe

Ingredients :

500 g

6-8

20

1 tablespoon

2 cups

20 cloves

2 tablespoons

3 cups

1 cup

Whole dates

Salted or pickled limes or lemons

Large dried red chilies

Black mustard seed

vinegar

Garlic, peeled

Finely grated fresh ginger

White sugar

Sultanas

• Halve the dates and remove the seeds.

• Cut the limes into eighths.

• Then cut each piece across into fine strips.

• Soak the dry chilies (stalks and seeds removed) and the mustard seeds in vinegar overnight.

• Next day grind in the blender together with garlic and ginger.

• Put the blended ingredients and sugar into a large pan and bring to the boil.

• Cook until thick as tomato sauce.

• Add the dates, lemons and sultanas and bring back to the boil.

• Then turn heat low and simmer, stirring, for a further 15-20 minutes.

• Store in sterilized bottles.