Kumkuat / Qumkot Achar recipe by Naseema Zulfi Khan

Ingredients

• 2 kg qumkots washed sliced in halves and seeds removed
• 1 curry spoon oil.
• Few slices of garlic or 1 teaspoon crushed garlic
• few curry leaves
• little mustard seeds
• little whole Jeeru (Cumin) seeds
• 2 Cinnamon stick
• 3;Elachi (cardomom) pods
• 3 cloves
• Add 1 cup akalwaya masala
• 1 cup water
• ¼ cup vinegar
• +- 1 ½ cups sugar
• Pinch of saffron (optional)
• Can be frozen and thawed at room temperature when required