Ingredients:
1 elephant apple (ouu)
1 small piece of ginger thoroughly minced (ada)
2-3 red chillies (sukhila lanka)
1/2 tsp mustard seed (sorisa)
30 gms jaggery (guda)
1/4 tsp turmeric powder (haladi gunda)
2-3 tsp of refined oil (rifain tela)
Salt to taste (luna)
Curry leaves (bhrusanga patra)
Method:
Cut the ouu (elephant apple) into small pieces. Heat oil in a frying pan over a medium heat. Add mustard seeds and let them splutter. Add curry leaves, red chilies and minced ginger and fry it for 2 minutes. Add cut ouu pieces, turmeric powder, salt, and mix it properly until ouu becomes light brown in colour. Then add water, jaggery and cover the pan over a medium heat until the ouu is properly cooked. Serve hot as a side dish with rice. You may also garnish the dish with shreded coconut before serving. In Odisha ouu is available in Oct-Nov (Kartika masa).
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