Kokum saar

Name: Kokum saar
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 5-6 dry kokum; 3 tbsp jaggery; 2 1/2 cup water; 1/2 tsp black salt; 1/4 tsp salt(as required); 1 tsp cumin seeds; 1 tbsp ghee; 2 green chillies; 2 tbsp grated fresh coconut; 1 tbsp roasted groundnut; 1 inch ginger

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Traditional Maharashtrian drink. Serve with steamed rice. Specially made during vrat(fasting).

deoyani @rani_

Traditional Maharashtrian drink. Serve with steamed rice. Specially made during vrat(fasting).

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Ingredients

5-6dry kokum
3 tbsp jaggery
2 1/2 cupwater
1/2 tspblack salt
1/4 tsp salt(as required)
1 tspcumin seeds
1 tbspghee
2 green chillies
2 tbspgrated fresh coconut
1 tbsp roasted groundnut
1 inchginger

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Steps

1

Soaked kokum in a hot water for 20 minutes. Squeeze and strain it.
2

Add water, jaggery and salt into the kokum juice and heat it till the jaggery gets dissolved. You can adjust the quantity of jaggery as per the taste.
3

Grind coconut, groundnut, 1 green chilli, ginger into fine paste.
4

Add this paste to the kokum water. Stir well.
5

Heat the ghee in a small pan. Add cumin seeds, finely chopped green chilli.
6

Pour this tempering (tadka) over kokum mixture.
7

Kokum Saar is ready. Serve it with steamed rice. During fasting you can serve it with bhagar.