Masal Yellow Clamps (Tisryo)

Ingredients:

2 1 ½ cup up grated coconut

Cups cleaned yellow clams (on the half shell)

1 tsp. turmeric powder

5 red chillies +2 green chillies

6 cloves

8 pepper-corns

1 small piece of cinnamon

Small marble size of tamarind

3 medium size onions

6 clove garlic

2 tsp. oil

1 tsp. green coriander leaves

4 bhirand pieces (cocum)

Salt to taste

Method:

Wash and clean clams, retaining the half shell.

Cut 2 onions fine and cook along with shells, green chillies turmeric powder and salt with one cup of water, till onion becomes  soft about 10 minutes. Heat oil and stir fry coriander seeds, red chillies, pepper corns, cinnamons, garlic and cloves and take it out from the pan. Then add rest. Then add rest onion and fry till light brown. Then add 1 cup grated coconut and stir fry till brown. Now grind all the roasted things along with tamarind to a fine paste. Add this paste to the above boiled clams. To this add remaining ½ cup grated coconut, salt, kokum and 1 ½ cup water. Cook on a low flame till gravy thickens. Garnish with coriander leaves.

Your dish is ready to serve.