Ambadiche Suk (Dried Small White Pawns Curry)

Ingredients:

• Suki ambadi/Suki karandi/Dried small white prawns - ½ cup 
• Onion, finely chopped- 1 cup or 1 large
• Tomato, finely chopped- ½ cup (optional)
• Garlic, bruised or crushed- 8 cloves
• Homemade masala or Malwani masala or Sunday masala- 2 to 3 tsp 
• Turmeric powder – ½ tsp
• Asafetida (Hing)- ¼ tsp 
• Kokam petals- 2 to 3 
• Fresh coriander, finely chopped- 2 tbsp
• Oil- 3 tbsp 
• Salt to taste

Method:

• Wash properly and soak suki ambadi in regular temperature of water for 15 minutes. Then squeeze them and keep aside. 
  
• Heat oil in a pan or small pressure pan. Add garlic, onion and sauté till it turns pink. 
• Add hing, turmeric powder and sauté for few seconds. Add masala powder and tomato. Sauté for a minute.
• Add soaked & squeezed suka jawala. Sauté for a minute.
• Add salt & kokam and mix well.
• Add little water and mix well. Cover with lid.
•  Cook for 10 minutes on low-med heat. Stir in between.
• Garnish with coriander. Serve hot with rice or ragi roti/ bhakari. 

Tips:

• Here I used Suki Ambadi but we can make this type of curry with any type of dried prawns or with fresh prawns also.
• We can use Raw mango/kairi or Dried raw mango/aamboshi instead of Kokam. 
• You can make some curry using some extra water. Thus you can eat with rice.