Achari octopus

Ingredients :

1 whole octopus – 400-500 g

water for boiling

3 tablespoon vindaye and achard powder

1/2 teaspoon powdered mustard

2 onions

1/2 teaspoon of turmeric powder

1 tablespoon garlic/ginger paste

pinch of salt

oil

optional : curry leaves

Procedures :

1. Put the octopus in a large pan. Add water beneath a tap and wash many times till water is clear.
2. Put water in a pan so as to boil the octopus wholely.
3. After it has boiled, and the octopus is soft, cut into small dices. Reserve in a bowl.
4. Heat some oil in a pan. Add 3 tablespoons of of ‘vindaye and achard powder’. Add 1/2 teaspoon of powdered mustard. Now cook these powder over low heat in the oil for some 5 minutes. Once the colour changes, add the ginger garlic paste and cook again. Add the 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder and cook in oil.
5. Then add the octopus dices. Cook for a few minutes. Add a pinch of salt.
6. Lastly add some curry leaves and large cut onions to the octopus achari also called vindaloo. Stir and cook for some minutes.

Serve hot with bread slices!