Kajoor/Dates presentation/recipes

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jee jee .. when you can have chocolate coated raisins, strawberries, apples, bananas, why cant you have chocolate stuffed fruit ..

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Dates are to be left alone, eaten fresh and untainted with external flavors :emmy:

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^ exactly … the classic way of having dates is stuff at leat 5-6 of them at the same time in your mouth … and then get stuck for the next 15 minutes chewing them off :omg:

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I stuffed some medjool dates with mascarpone cheese mixed with a touch of lemon juice and chopped almonds and pistachios. They were heaven.

Khwab. Khushboo. Rang. Roshni.
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Recently in a nikah ceremony I had the chance to taste most amazing dates. They had whole almonds in their centers instead of seeds and they were sprinkled with coconut flakes. Man they looked and tasted amazing. :yummy:

Timepass-December 2013
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What about Mejodi dates from Isreal and Jordan. I think they are the best in the world.

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i stuff dates with almonds,they really yummy,

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hello?
didn’t I read that somewhere???

TLK…maybe I am wrong but I believe that the majdool dates are quite soft and already pretty sticky…then when you cut them open and remove the pit some of the stickiness transfers to the outside…enought to make the coconut shreds stick.

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Majdools are dry and non sticky from outside but yes you are right, when you cut them open, some of the meat oozes out and helps make outside sticky

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My mom takes pitted dates...chops them up.....and adds them to the fruit chaat. It provides a fun texture to the fruit chaat.......you get the bite of crisp fruits......and then you get soft squishy date texture.

I find it interesting how people have their own unique way of making fruit chaat. Even among relatives/family....everyone has their own style. One of my khalas adds chanay (chick peas) and meethi red chutney to her fruit chaat. We do the dates, lol. And the cool thing is that dates contain iron....which is better absorbed by the body when taken in conjunction with vitamin C. So the fruit in the chaat contain vitamin C which help the iron from the dates to be absorbed better. It all works out :)

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Cheese is a great idea. Never thought of it, but I think the taste would be excellent. How about baked brie with dates?

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ive made date cake before its FREAKIN GOOD.

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Cool... Btw hw did u serve? And u had fresh cream on top too.??

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Im going to try that!

Anyways, if you are doing the stuffing nuts in dates thing for your party, be sure to leave some plain for people who might be allergic to nuts, or check beforehand if anyone is

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I want to try this, just today I was thinking I want to find a recipe for date cake! So thanks! Just wanted to ask, what size dish should you pour it into

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^ ur welcome...
well it depends on ur quantities... i had a kindv big rectangular dish.. I'm loving it nowadays.. have it every single day... lol

I actually love dates on its own too.. And im eating loads..

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hey in the date cake recipe

dates ko pani mei rakhna hoga for a while to soften them up a little??:S ya direct oil mei pak jaen gi?

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and umm cooking oil kam daal sakte hian?? wont it get too oily? :S actually i dont know anything about cooking and want to try this stuff too llolx so thats why
sorry if u guys find these qusetions a little lame :P

but i am actually trying to learn cooking :D

Dulhan
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  • Khajoor Ka Halwa: Recipe by Chef Zakir

Ingredients:

1/2 kg dates, washed and deseeded
1/2 cup ghee
250 gm khoya
1/2 cup semolina (sooji)
1/2 cup sugar
50 gm almonds, chopped
50 gm pistachio, chopped
3 tbsp honey
2 tbsp kewra

Method:

  • Roughly chop dates in a chopper.

  • Heat ghee in a wok and add chopped dates in it. Cook it on low heat.

  • In other pan take 3tbsp ghee and add semolina in it. Cook on low heat till it changes it color into light golden. Stir continually otherwise it will burn.

  • Now add cooked semolina in dates. Add kewra, sugar and honey. Mix well by stirring continually.

  • When all things are well combined, add 1/2 cup of water.

  • Add chopped almonds and pistachios when the water dries out.

  • Add khoya and 1/2 cup of water and cook till halwa leaves the oil.

  • Garnish it with chopped nuts.

  • Serve hot or cold.

Tip: For good results always make halwas on low medium heat and stir it continuously.

  • Gajar aur Khajur ka Halwa:

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Look here for loads of easy and unusual recipes that use dates as main ingrediants:

Mahanandi Dates (kharjuram)