Polos ambula

Ingredients 

1 no of Polos (Baby Jackfruit)

Spices

2-3 tbspn chili powder
1 tsp turmeric powder
3 tbspn  Sri Lankan Raw Curry Powder
1 tspn black pepper
1/4 tspn mustard seeds

Other ingredients
1/4 cup fresh grated coconut
1 medium sized onion sliced

2-3 dried red chili

2 pieces of goraka (gamboge) or (replace with 1 tomato or tamarind paste 1 tspn)
3 cloves of garlic chopped
1'' piece cinnamon

2 cardamoms

2 cloves

1/2 tsp fenugreek seeds

3 cups thick Coconut milk/coconut cream
salt to taste

2 tbspns cooking oil

Curry leaves

Piece of lemon grass (Sera)

Method

Dry roast the ingredients under spices until golden brown.Keep aside.
Dry roast grated coconut too. Grind roasted coconut together with spices and make a paste.Keep it aside.

Remove the skin of Polos. Cut in to pieces.Cutting of Polos is not an easy process.Check this polos recipe for tips.

Mix roasted spices/coconut mix with polos pieces & keep aside.

Heat 2-3 tblspn of oil in a heavy bottomed pan.When oil is hot, add onion, dried chili, garlic, Curry leaves,Piece of lemon grass (Sera) into the mix. Also add cinnamon, cardamom & cloves.

When onions are tender, add the Polos into the pan & mix well.

Add thick coconut milk into the mix together with another 1 cup of water.

Add goraka or tamarind juice. Add about 1 tspn salt.Mix well.

After this step,

Cook Polos curry in very low flame for about 1-2 hour or until polos is cooked & gravy becomes thicker. Once Polos curry is ready, you can see oil is separated in the gravy.

Adjust salt.

Polos curry is ready to serve. However, this is more delicious if it allowed to rest for few hours before serving.

Notes: 
Usually Sri Lankans like the reddish/pinkish appearance of Polos pieces once cooked.To get this appearance,cook polos in very low flame for more hours.(at least 1-2 hours).
I use my slow cooker/crock pot and cook for about 4 hours.

This is more delicious if cooked in a clay chatti/earthen pot.