काजू उसळ - Cashews in spicy curry sauce

(This recipe is specially made in coastal region of Maharashtra Kokan and Goa) Recipe credit : Vipul Thakur

Ingredients
2 cups cashews soaked in warm water

For paste
1 cinnamon,
1 tsp mustard seeds,
1 tsp khuskhus,
5/6 black pepper,
1 tsp oil,
few soaked cashews
1 cup grated coconut
2 medium onions

For curry
1 tbsp oil
1 tsp mustard seeds
1 tsp garam masala
1 tsp red chilli powder
2/3 cloves of kokum
jaggery as required/ sugar
2 cloves garlic chopped
water approx 1 ltr

Method
1) To make the paste
In a pan add oil, and saute  all the ingredients required for paste for few minutes. Now grind this mixture and keep aside.

2) Curry
In another kadhai/pan take oil, now add mustard seeds, garlic cloves and red chilli powder garam masala saute.  Add the soaked cashews. Saute for a few minutes. Now add water as required depending on consistency of gravy. Add the above paste, along with little jaggery, kokum cloves and salt as required. If you want a thicker gravy grind few soaked cashews and add to the mixture.  Cover the pan with lid and cook till done.

Serve with chopped coriander and any bread/rice jowar bhakri.