Categories: Gojju

Ingredients

• • Orange peel – Of 1 orange
• • Red onion- One small
• For tempering:
• • Oil – 1tbsp
• • Mustard Seeds- 1tsb
• Spices
• • Tamarind paste – 1tsp
• • Red chilli pwd – 1-2 tbs (I used Sambar powder along with chilli powder. Can add or leave sambar pwd)
• • Jaggery – 3 tbsp
• • Salt to taste.

Directions

1. • First peel the orange and chop very finely, remove the white part as much as possible.

2. • Put the chopped peels in a hot water for about 10 mins.(Take water in a pot bring it boil and swith off add chopped orange peel leave it for 10 mins).Orange peels become soft after this.

3. • Do the tempering in another vessel, heat oil add mustard add soaked orange peels and fry for 5 mins till its soft, add onions and fry for few more mins until its tranlucent.

4. • Then add tamarind water, spices , jaggery and salt, adjust to taste. Add enough water bring it to boil. Simmer down and let it cook and peels will soak up all the spices . After 10-15 mins swith off and let it rest for 5 more mins.

5. • *Can add roast dalia dal powdered to this gojju, at the very end and mix it for better consisitancy.

6. Variation :After soaking the peels in hot water, Can used for making sweet jams.

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