Goad Aambaade Gojju/ Hog Plum chutney..

Goad Aambaade/Hog Plums have been a favourite of mine ever since childhood. Some of my aunts who knew this would make sure they would send us some whenever available in their homes. I would just like to eat it whole with a touch of salt. Its eaten raw, when it is bright green in color, and has a sweet and sour taste to it. The more bigger the fruit, the sweeter it will be ( atleast that's what I thought). It has a tough pith inside it, almost prickly as you get your teeth near it :D. So takes some patience to eat the whole of it. But its well worth it if you like that kind of taste.

So when I came across this a few days back in a Desi Store in the frozen section, I immediately picked up a pack. We make a few types of dishes also with it apart from eating raw, like Khol, and Gojjus.

The cut fruit looks like this

My mom makes 2 different types of Gojjus, this is one of them. This particular one tastes sweet, sour and spicy. I will post the other dishes also soon.

Ingredients

Goad Aambade/Raw Hog Plums - 4, cut into little pieces

Dry red chillies - 4

Jaggery - 3-4 tbsps

Fresh/frozen grated coconut - 1 tbsp

Salt - to taste

Method

- Cut the dried chillies into small pieces and crush them using the pestle to form a coarse mixture.

- Grind the chopped plums in a mixie to get a smooth paste. Put it in a non-stick pan and heat it on a low flame.

- Once it comes to a boil, add the jaggery, salt and crushed chilli and keep mixing everything well till it all combines together.

- Then add the grated coconut to the above, put off the flame and mix well together.

- Serve hot or cold as a side with rice and curry or enjoy just by itself.

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