Making sweet and sour (and spicy!) Figs and Bhor

Sweet and tangy figs and bhor is something many children in Durban grew up eating after school while walking home. Either bought from the tuckshop or the aunty vending at the school gate. Both the figs and the bhor had their own unique taste and combined with the sweet, spicy, tangy syrup they were irresistible. Also some mom's worst nightmare because of syrup stains on school uniforms!
Ingredients
Approx. 500g Figs and Bhor
1.5 Lt vinegar for boiling
Syrup
2 cups vinegar
1 cup sugar (to taste)
1 tbs corn flour/maizena dissolved in 1/2 cup water
1 tsp fine salt
For braising
2 dried red chillies
A handful of curry leaves
1 tsp mustard seeds
1/4 cup oil
For each 500g Bhor or Figs
1 tbs pickle masala
1 tsp pure chillie powder (adjust to taste)
Definitely a recipe that throws back to school days in Durban - did you have a favourite between figs and bhor?