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4 from 4 votes

Khajoor Ka Achar / Date Pickle / Masala Khajoor

Khajoor ka achar-Healthy and digestive Date Pickle

Prep Time15 minutes
Total Time15 minutes
Course: Side Dish, Travel Food
Cuisine: Pickles
Keyword: date pickle, khajoor, pickle
Author: Anjana Chaturvedi

Ingredients

  • 250 gms Dates / Khajoor
  • 2 tbsp Raisins/Munakka
  • 2.5 tbsp Lemon Juice / Nimbu Ka Ras
  • 1/4 cup Castor sugar/pisi hui chini- 1/4 cup
  • 1/3 tsp Ginger powder /saunth- 1/3 tsp
  • 1/2 tsp Black salt-1/2 tsp
  • 1/2 tsp White Pepper Powder / Safed Mirch
  • 1 tsp Roasted Cumin Powder / Jeera Powder
  • to taste Salt / Namak
  • 1/4 inch Cinnamon /daalchini
  • 3/4 tbsp Dried Pomegranate seeds powder/anardana powder
  • 1/4 tsp Asafoetida / Hing powder
  • 4 Cloves Cloves/laung
  • 4 Lendi peepal

Instructions

  • Wash and wipe dates and raisins and spread on a cloth till they dry completely.
  • Slit and remove the seed from dates and chop into 2 pieces .
  • Dry roast lendi peepal till they swell up.
  • Now grind together lendi peepal, cloves , cinnamon and pomegranate seeds and make a fine powder.
  • Take a bowl and mix every thing together (except dates.)
  • Now add the chopped dates and raisins and mix well.
  • Keep it in the bowl for a day, so dates and raisin will absorb all the juice and flavor.
  • Store in a glass jar at room temperature.
  • Serving suggestions- serve as a appetizer,digestive or as a pickle