Hot & Sweet Tomato Chutney - Bengali Style

Ingredients  

1 tsp tamarind pulp

3 red chillies whole

2 tblsp panch phoron
dates few 
1/2 kg sugar

1/2 kg tomatoes
salt to taste 
1 tsp oil
Method

·             Wash and cut the tomatoes into quarters.

·             Soak the tamarind in warm water for few minutes.

·             Take off the pulp of the tamarind, strain and keep it aside.

·             Prepare sugar syrup of one string consistency.

·             Heat up oil in a pan, mix in panch phoron and dry red chillies.

·             When it starts to crackle mix in tomatoes and cook.

·             Mix in the sugar syrup along with a little salt, dates and little water if required.

·             Stir fry till it is dark red in colour and thick.

·             Stir and then mix in tamarind pulp.