Hog plums Gravy (Ambade Karam)

Ingredients:

Hog plums: 7-8

Grated coconut: 1 ½ cup

Red chilies: 3

Peppercorns: 4

Jaggery: 1 cup

Green chillies: 2

Mustard seeds: 1 tspn

Hing: ¼ tspn

Oil: 3 tbspn

salt to taste

Method:

• wash and peel the hog plums, apply salt and keep aside.
• Heat the ½ tbspn oil in a pan and roast lightly the coconut, peppercorns and red chillies .
• Add turmeric and grind the mixture coarsely with little water.
• Heat the oil in a pan and add mustard seeds, green chillies and hing.
• When mustard seeds splutter, add the hog plums and jaggery and stir fry for 2-3 mins.
• Then add the ground coconut mixture with ¼ cup water.
• Stir and cook on low flame till done (gravy should be totally dry)
• Serve hot with chapatti or roti or as a side dish with the rice.