Ambat

 


What you need


1 cup Black-eyed peas [soaked overnight and pressure cooked till soft]

1 Potato [ boiled]


To grind

1 cup fresh coconut

3 - 4 red chilli [spice can be adjusted]

1 small lemon size tamarind

A small pea-sized piece of Jaggery


For seasoning

1 teaspoon Coconut oil

1 spring of Curry Leaves

1 - 2 Red Chilli

Pinch of Asafoetida


How to make

  1. Mix the cooked lentil and potato with the ground paste.
  2. Add in water to adjust to a curry consistency.
  3. Add salt to taste and boil well.
  4. Heat coconut oil and add the ingredients under ‘seasoning’
  5. Serve hot with rice.


P.S: Using Coconut Oil for seasoning enhances and gives it an authentic Mangalorean taste to the gravy. Normal cooking oil can also be used in the absence of coconut oil.