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puli inji | puli inji recipe

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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: Kerela
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

For puli inji:
  • 2 tbsp coconut oil
  • 150 gram ginger (grated) 1 cup grated ginger
  • 8 green chilly 25 gram
  • 2 lemon size tamarind (1/2 cup tamarind) 100-gram tamarind
  • ¼ tsp turmeric powder
For seasoning:
  • 1 tbsp coconut oil
  • 1 tsp mustard seeds
  • ¼ tsp fenugreek seeds
  • ¼ tsp asafoetida
  • few curry leaves

Method
 

For making tamarind extract:
  1. Firstly, Take 2 cups of warm water or normal water, add 2 lemon size tamarind (100 gm) into it
  2. After a few minutes extract the juice keep aside
for puli inji:
  1. In a pan, heat 2 tbsp of coconut oil, add green chilly and then grated ginger, saute for 3 minutes in medium flame
  2. now add tamarind extract, cover it with lid, keep the flame low cook it for 15 minutes
  3. Meanwhile, Add ¼ tsp of turmeric powder and salt
  4. when the mixture shrinks well, add 1/2 cup of grated jaggery (100gm), mix well, keep the flame for 2 minutes
  5. Season with mustard, fenugreek seeds, asafoetida, curry leaves
For seasoning:
  1. Heat 1 tbsp of coconut oil, splutter mustard seeds, add fenugreek seeds, turn off the flame, and then add curry leaves, asafoetida