Brown Dried Dates

Take the Aseel and dry it past the semi-dry stage and you get a dense, dark date with concentrated sugars and a shelf life measured in years — a fruit humans have been storing and trading this way for six thousand years, for good reason.

Brown dried dates serve the same ambient-logistics markets as chhuhara, with a richer, toffee-dark flavor. Per two-date serving: roughly 110 kcal, 31 g carbohydrates, 3 g fiber and meaningful potassium, magnesium, calcium and iron.