Khajur Khatta

This is a Odiya dish, an accompaniment to rice, a side dish to the effect of a pickle, mildly sweet in flavour.

 Ingredients

Green chillies - 2
Panch Phutana - 1 tsp
Sugar - 2 tsp
Oil - 1 tsp
Tomatoes - 2
Dates(seeds removed) - 6 to 8
Curry leaves - 1 sprig
Chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder - a pinch
Jeera powder - 1/2 tsp

Procedure

Heat oil in a pan. Add panch phutana and let it splutter.
Add cut green chillies and curry leaves and fry for a few seconds.
Add cut tomotoes and fry till tomotoes become a pulp
Add sugar and salt. Let the sugar melt.
Stir in turmeric powder, add the dates.
Add some water, put the flame to sim, and leave the pan closed, till the dates gets cooked.
Add chilli powder and Jeera powder,stir and switch off the stove.