Gojju Ambode

Gojju Ambode

          

Gojju (chutney) ambode is an authentic udupi delicacy. Soft urad dal vadas are soaked in spicy coconut based gojju.

Ingredients:

2 cups urad dal

1 fresh grated coconut

2 table spoon jeera

1 table spoon tamarind extract

6-7 red chillies

1 tea spoon haladi

1 tea spoon sugar

Salt to taste

Oil for frying vadas

For vagarane (tadaka): 1 table spoon oil, 1 tea spoon mustard seeds, 1 syrand curry leaves.

Preparation:

1. Soak urad dal for 2 hours

2. Grind urad dal into a fine paste. Do not add too much water. Add salt.

3.Grind together coconut, jeera, red chillies, tamarind extract, sugar, haldi, and salt to a fine paste adding water to a chutney consistency.

4. Heat 1 table spoon oil, add mustard seeds, and curry leaves. When mustard splits add the ground coconut paste and simmer adding 1 1/2 cup water on a low heat for 5 minutes.Put off the flame,Gojju is ready.

5. In a wok heat the oil for frying vadas. Fry small urad dal vadas till it turns light brown.

6. Soak the fried vadas in boiled and cooled water for a minute and press the vadas between the palm lightly to squeeze the water.(This step helps to remove the excess oil from the vada  too)

7. Put the soft vadas in the hot coconut gojju and rest the vadas in the gojju  for half an hour before serving.