Apple gojju

Gojju is a typical karnataka version of  vatral kulambu. Gojju has been an all time favarite for our family. I learned this art of making gojjus from my mother in law whose narthankai gojju is the ultimate. She makes the powder fresh everytime and that's the kick to it. The gojju to be descriptive, has all the tastes a tongue can distinguish, married well in the tamarind sauce. The jaggery added balances the flavours. Gojjus are pretty much made with any vegetable but i preffer the less privileged ones like bitter guard, narthankai, manathakkli vatral, lemon etc. It tastes exotic when you make it with fruits like apple. Though i made it with apple for the first time it had a grand welcome.

Ingredients

1 cup apples chopped
1 big lemon sized tamarind juiced
2 teaspoons urad dhal
5 redchillies
1/4 teaspoon jeera
less than 1/4 teaspoon pepper
less than 1/4 teaspoon methi seeds
jaggery 1 teaspoon heaped
oil
salt to taste
a pinch of turmeric

Method

Dry roast the urad, chillies, methi, pepper and jeera in to a coarse powder. Heat the oil in the pan and temper it mustard and hing. Then add the apple pieces and the turmeric powder and saute them till the apple turns glossy. Pour in the tamarind juice and cook the apples in that for a while or till raw smell goes away from the tamarind. Add as much as water you may want along with the tamirind juice itself. Once the mixture starts boiling add the ground powder and salt and switch off the stove after it comes to a boil.Add the jaggery. It's ready to serve.