Puli Inji

 

Puli Inji Recipe

Ingredients: (Serves 3-4)

• Ginger – ½ cup (minced)
• Tamarind – 1 small lemon sized
• Mustard seeds – ¼ tsp
• Chilli powder – 1 tsp
• Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
• Asafoetida – 1 pinch
• Jaggery – 2 tsp (crushed)
• Curry leaves – few
• Oil – 3 Tbsp
• Salt

(Note: 1 Cup = 250 ml
Vary the amount of chilli and jaggery as per your taste)

 

Method: (With Step-by-Step Pictures)

Soak the tamarind in one cup of warm water. Extract the juice and remove the seeds

 

Heat 2 Tbsp of oil in a nonstick pan and splutter mustard seeds.

 

Add minced ginger and roughly chopped curry leaves. Saute it till ginger becomes light brown in color (Also if you don’t want any ginger pieces in the curry, you can just grind the fried ginger after the above step and then continue with the rest of the steps)

 

Add all the spice powder and sauté it for a min.

 

Add tamarind water and cook till the mixture is thick and it almost reduces by half. Add crushed jaggery and mix well till it dissolves.

 

Pour 1 Tbsp of oil on the top of the curry prepared. Serve the curry only 2-3 hrs after preparation for the flavors to set in.

If you are looking for other recipe to complete the Onam Sadhya check out Sambar & Avial Recipe.

 

 

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