Innovative recipe of a Sweet, Sour and Spicy Dates Sauce

Now a days children and even elders wish to eat something interesting and innovative. In such situation parents find it hard to impress everyone at dinning table. There are new inventions to be discovered using various ingredients and of-course obviously the taste should not get compromised in the sake of innovation and invention. Now a days sauce that contains a mixture of sweet, sour and spiciness is a dish that is loved by people of all ages. A sauce can be used as a side dish for fried rice, noodles, chapaties and roties. You can even have it as a side dish for chats and use for sandwitches. In this article we are going to see such an interesting and innovative recipe. It is nothing but a Sauce with Dates. We would have not heard about a sour or spicy dish with dates. Usually dates will be used in sweets dishes like Jam. But today let us see how to prepare sweet, sour and spicy Dates Sauce.

Ingredients  required for preparing Sweet, Sour and Spicy Dates Sauce

Dates                - 100 gram

Dry Red Chili  - 10 pieces

Tamarind         - 10 gram (a small lemon size)

Salt                  -  To Taste

Sugar/ Jagerry -  1 Teaspoon

How to prepare Sweet, Sour and Spicy Dates Sauce

First take some water in a pan and add the dates to it and boil it until the dates turns to soft. See that it is seed-less dates. In case if it is dates with seeds, remove the seeds from all dates before putting it to boil.

While the dates is getting cooked you can take the tamarind and soak it in  some water.

After the dates gets soft, take it out from flame drain it and let it to cool for some time. Do not waste the water in which the dates got boiled. Keep it aside, you can use it while mixing the sauce.

Then take a mixer jar and put the cooked dates, chilli powder and required amount of salt with it and mash it to a fine paste. If required you can add some of the water in which the dates got boiled.

After mashing dates, chili and salt altogether, transfer them into a thick bottom vessel and add the rest  dates boiled water, tamarind paste and a teaspoon of sugar or Jagerry.

Need not add more amount of sweet because the dates itself has some sweet taste in it.

Now cook the mixture in medium flame until it boils and then put it into low flame and stir occasionally. Let this to cook until the contents get to a sauce consistency.

When you get the right consistency shut out the flame and the transfer it to a serving bowl. And now the yummy Dates Sauce is ready to taste. Enjoy the awesome taste. Do not fear since the dish seems to be entirely a new idea. I have experienced it and the result has come great. All the sauce got emptied in a single round around our dinning table and even my grandpa one who does not like innovative dishes itself asked for some more Dates Sauce. It is a good side dish for any snacks, tiffins or starters and it is very easy dish to prepare. Try this easy recipe and enjoy the innovation of a dish with fruit.