Kokum Kadhi Recipe

• 1 cup Kokum Pods (not tightly packed)
• 4 cups Water
• 2 tbsp Gram Flour
• 1 stalk Curry Leaves
• 1 tbsp Coriander Leaves (finely chopped)
• 2 Green Chilies (slit)
• 1 tsp Red Chili Powder
• ½ tsp Coriander Seed Powder
• ¼ tsp Turmeric Powder
• 3 pinches Asafetida
• 1 tsp Sugar
• Salt (to taste)
• ½ tsp Cumin Seeds
• ½ tsp Mustard Seeds
• 1 tbsp Ghee

• Start with soaking kokum pods in water for an hour and then squeezing juice of the pod. Keep it aside.
• Now, strain the water from the above juice in a bowl and discard the residue.
• Take a deep pan and heat ghee in it. Add mustard seeds, turmeric powder, coriander seed powder, cumin seeds, curry leaves, chilies (red and green) and asafoetida in it.
• When the seeds begin to crack, add kokum water to the pan. Do it safely, so that no residue spits out on your face.
• Mix gram flour in the pod water and mix well, till it becomes smooth.
• Now, add sugar and salt (as per taste) to the boiling kokum water and stir well.
• Stir the kadhi till it starts boiling again. When boiled, reduce heat to simmer and let it heat for 10- 12 minutes.
• Garnish the kadhi with coriander leaves and serve it with rice or rotis.