Recipes Mint-and-Date Dipping Sauce 2.0 (3,334) Add your rating & review Padma Lakshmi calls this sauce "liquid heaven." She purees sticky dates with fresh mint, lemon juice and chile, creating a sweet, bright-flavored and slightly spicy sauce. It's a stellar accompaniment to the kathi rolls, but Padma also uses it as a sandwich spread or whisks it into salad dressing. By Padma Lakshmi Updated on January 17, 2017 Print Rate It Share Share Tweet Pin Email Photo: © John Kernick Total Time: 20 mins Yield: 1 cup Ingredients 2 cups mint leaves 3 pitted Medjool dates, finely chopped 1 serrano chile, seeded and chopped 3 tablespoons fresh-squeezed lemon juice 2 tablespoons water Salt Directions In a blender, combine the mint leaves, dates, serrano chile, lemon juice and water and puree until smooth. Transfer the dipping sauce to a bowl and season with salt. Serve at room temperature. Rate it Print