Rasavangi Gojju

Rasavangi Gojju

Ingredients:

Cinnamon Stick -  1 inch piece

Fenugreek seeds - 1/4 tspn

Urad dal - 1 tspn

Coriander seeds - 1 1/2 tspn

Jeera - 1/4 tspn (optional)

WhiteTill/Sesame seeds - 2 tspn

Dry Chilli - 6-7 nos. or as per taste

Poppy Seeds - 1 tspn

Fresh Coconut - 1 cup Grated

Jaggery - 4 tspn

Tamarind - 1 large lemon size

Oil - 3/4 cup

Mustard seeds - 1/2 tspn

Curry Leaves - 5 leaves

Hing - 1/4 tspn

Dry chillies - 2 nos. (For seasoning)

Lady's Finger - 1/2 kg

Method:

1) Chop the lady's finger into 1 cm pieces and keep aside.

2) Soak tamarind and extract the pulp and keep aside.
3) Take a pan, add 1 1/ 2 tspn of oil. To this add Cinnamon, fenugreek seeds and fry till golden brown.

4) Now add Jeera, Urad Dal and Coriander seeds and fry till light brown, and then, add chillies and fry till they get golden brown. Now add poppy seeds and switch off the stove and roast till poppy seeds turn slight brown colour.

5) Now add coconut to this mixture and keep aside.

6) In another pan, fry till and add it to the mixture along with hing.

7) Now, blend the mixture with some water to a course paste and keep aside.

8) Take a pan, add 5 tspn of oil, and add chopped ladys finger and fry till the stickiness disappears and add turmeric to it.

9) Now add the tamarind extract to the ladys finger, and let it boil for about 10 mins.

10) Now, add salt to taste and the ground mixture to this and add jaggery (3/4 of quantity of the tamarind extract) to this mixture and let it boil for another 5 mins.

11) Check the seasoning and add some more salt to taste if required.

12) In another pan, add 1 tspn oil, once hot add mustard seeds, 2 dry chillies, and switch off the stove and add curry leaves and pour this seasoning to the above made gojju.

13) Garnish with coriander leaves and serve with Rice / chapati / mudde / roti.

Notes:
You can use variety of vegetables/fruits and you will get different flavours.  

Vegetables: Brinjal, Bitterguard, Cucumber, Seemebadinekai/Chayote Squash, Small raw mango, Ladys finger

Fruits: Pineapple, seedless green grapes

Cheers!
Madhavi