Prune Pachadi / Sweet & Spicy Prune Chutney

Today's recipe is something sweet & spicy with Fresh Prune, Prune Pachadi. Last week H bought a big box of fresh prunes, it tasted similar to plum but few were raw n half ripe. So I wanted to experiment with those prunes, but not jam or juice something sweet n spicy which suits well with rice n rotis/dosa as a side dish. Then tried this pachadi, similar to my Raw Mango pachadi. Fresh Prunes are thoroughly washed, deseeded, chopped n boiled till mushy and then cooked with jaggery n chili powder. I did not do seasoning like the regular pachadi. The result was awesome n it tasted so delicious with mild spicy, i just love eating it as such :) But my kids were not attracted by the color n texture of it :( they liked only the fresh prunes. We both liked it n he said that the sweet n spicy reminds him of  Elantha Vadai(Indian jujube, pounded with red chili,jaggery,tamarind n salt). Ok Now to the recipe...

Ingredients

1. Fresh Prunes     30-35 no.
2. Jaggery       1/2 cup + 2 tbsp
3. Salt      1/4 tsp
4. Chili Powder         1/2-1 tsp

Method

• First soak prunes in lukewarm water for 15-20 minutes, then wash well and drain completely. 
• Then peel the skin, cut in to two halves n remove seed and chop roughly.
• Do this for all the fruits.

• Now transfer the chopped fruits to a skillet, add water up to the level n sprinkle salt n cook in medium heat until it turns soft n mushy.

• After that add powdered jaggery and cook till it melts n raw smell leaves.
• Then add chili powder and cook in medium heat until it thicken n start rolling over the sides of the pan.

• That's it...Prune Pachadi / Chutney ready. Serve warm.

Notes:
Once it cool down, transfer the content to a clean air tight container n store it in refrigerator for 1 week.
Use dry n clean spoon, serve as an accompaniment with rotis, dosa, adai, curd rice, etc.
If u want can add 1tsp Tamarind Paste along with chili powder n cook.