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Goan Karmalache Goad Lonche
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Star Fruit Sweet And Spicy Pickle | Goan Style Karmalache Goad Mel

Karmalache Goad Mel is a star fruit recipe. Star fruit or carambola is cooked with jaggery and spices to make a sweet, sour and mildly spicy chutney or pickle.
Course Appetizer, Condiments
Cuisine Goan, Indian
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Servings 300 grams
Author Raksha Kamat

Ingredients

  • 10 star fruits
  • 2 cups jaggery
  • 2 teaspoon mustard seeds
  • 1 teaspoon black pepper seeds
  • 1 teaspoon asafoetida / hing
  • ½ teaspoon fenugreek seeds / methi
  • 1 teaspoon red chili powder
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 2 green chilies slit
  • 2 cups water
  • To taste salt

Instructions

  • Wash the star fruits, peel the sharp edges from the 5 pentagonal sides and cut into ½ inch pieces.
  • In a pressure cooker, add the chopped star fruits, slit green chilies and 1/2 cup water. Cook for one whistle and switch of the gas/heat.
  • In another bowl, mix the jaggery in1 cup water and keep aside.
  • For the tempering, take a small pan like tadka pan.
  • Add 1 tablespoon oil and let it get heated. First add the asafoetida, fenugreek seeds, black pepper seeds and lastly add mustard seeds. Let mustard seeds flutter. Switch off the gas.
  • After cooling, crush the mixture with a mortar and pestle and keep aside.
  • Take a deep bottom pan and mix the jaggery and water mixture with the pressure-cooked star fruit. Switch on the gas and let it simmer on low flame.
  • Continue to cook till the mixture gets reduced to 1/2 by stirring occasionally to avoid burning.
  • Add 1 tablespoon sugar and red chili powder.
  • Adjust salt.
  • Add the ground masala for seasoning and stir well.

Notes

  • Use unripe star fruits in this recipe.