SOL KADHI

Sol means peel in Konkani, as the kokum peels are used to make this kadhi, it’s called solkadhi. Birinda salli too means kokum peel in Konkani. Kokum is also known as bhirand/bhirind in Konkani and hence this kadhi (means watery gravy in Konkani) is called as bhiranda/bhirinda kadhi in Konkani.

Kokum is used as a souring agent in many cuisines. This fruit grows in Goa and Konkan region during the summer and people make kokum drinks out of the peel.

Ingredients:

• 5-6 dried kokum peels
• 1 cup freshly grated coconut
• 1 dried red chilli
• 1 tablespoon of oil
• 1 leaflet of curry leaves
• 1/2 teaspoon of mustard seeds
• Salt to taste
• 2 tablespoons of chopped fresh coriander (optional)

Serves: 2

Preparation Time: 15-20 minutes

Soaking Time: 20-25 minutes

Cooking Time: 1 minute

·  Soak dried kokum peels in 3/4 cup of water for 20 minutes.

·  Sun dried kokum peels:

·  fresh coconut, grind it with 1 cup of water. 

·  Strain the coconut milk and collect it in a vessel.

·  Grind the strained grated coconut again with another 1/2 cup of water and collect the coconut milk in the same vessel as before. Discard the grated coconut.

·  Give the soaked kokum peels a nice squeeze with your hands, so that you squeeze out all the juice out of it. 

·  The more you soak kokum and the more you squeeze it, the kokum peels continue to give out its juice into water. Once you have about 3/4 cup of thick, concentrated kokum juice you can squeeze and remove the peels out of the water.

·  Add all the kokum juice into the coconut milk, add salt and mix well. Kokum khadi is watery in             consistency. 

.  Kokum khadi is usually on the tangy side. However, if the kokum peels are too tangy and your palate can’t take too much tanginess then add kokum juice as much as required to the coconut milk.

.  Season the kokum kadhi. Heat oil in a tempering pan, add in mustard seeds. When they start popping, add in dried red chilli broken into pieces, curry leaves and let them sizzle for few seconds. Add this seasoning to kokum kadhi and mix well.