Inji Puli/Puli Inji curry( Ginger Jaggery Curry)

 Most Keralites are celebrating ONAM Festival.  They prepare Onam sadhya which is a Kerala Special Thali and has as many as 29 items in one Thali. Out of these items Mixed vegetable Sambaris one such dish.Main Side dish for Onam Thali.  I wish to give a treat to my viewers by providing this simple and quick to make recipe - Kerala Special Inji Puli / Puli Inji Curry

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Inji Puli/Puli Inji  curry( Ginger Jaggery Curry)

Ingredients :

Ginger : 1/2 cup   (finely chopped)
Tamarind paste : 3  tsp or Tamarind pulp : small lemon sized
Green Chilly : 3-4   (finely chopped)
Turmeric Powder : 1/4 tsp
Red Chilly Powder : 1/2 tsp
Mustard Seeds : 1/2 tsp
Dry Red Chilly : 2-3 (broken)
Jaggery : 1/4 cup according to taste
Curry leaves : 2 sprig
Coconut Oil  : 3 tbsp
Water : 11/2 cup
Salt to taste

1. Soak the tamarind in 1 cup of hot water for a 10-15 minutes then to extract the juice and filter the tamarind juice .or
tamarind paste in the water. Set aside.
2. Peel the ginger and chop finely, pour the chopped ginger.
3. Heat coconut oil in a kadai and fry the ginger until its brown.
4. Remove the fried ginger excess the oil and keep it aside.
5.  Option fried ginger in a mixer grinder to get it finely crushed.

6. Take a kadai or preferably and pour the tamarind juice,add salt,chilly powder and turmeric powder and combine well.
7. Bring to boil, reduce the flame to low and cook for 10 minutes,so that the gravy gets thick.
8. Add 1 cup of hot water with jaggery and mix well, filter it and keep that aside.
9. Heat oil in a pan,add mustard seeds, when it splutter add chopped onion,chopped dry red chilly,chopped green chilly and curry leaves and saute till brown colour.
10. Add the crushed ginger and jaggery water ,reduce the flame allow the mixture to boil until the mixture is thick, pulpy and reduced by half.
11. Cool and transfer into a jar or bottle and leave to settle for an hour and Enjoy!

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Iyar Aaththu Adai & Kerala Aviyal

 Iyar Aaththu  Adai &  Kerala Aviyal

Adai/Lentil Pancake/Paruppu adai

ஐயர் ஆத்து ஸ்பெஷல் பருப்படை

Adai

Protein Pack Breakfast, this recipe is Traditional Iyengar Special.

Our Muslim Special Channa dhal adai.  with Mint Chutney.

Ingredients

Channa dhal – 100 gram

 Idly Rice – 50 gram

Urad dhal – 25 gram

Tuar dhal – 25 gram

Red chilli – 3 nos

Ginger – 1 inch piece

Salt – to taste

Asafetida – ¼ tspn

Curry leaves

Method

Soak urad dhal, channa dal, tuar dhal, rice separate for 1 hour

In a grinder or mixer Add red chilli, asafetida, ginger, salt grind well with rice

Next add tur dhal & urad dal grind ¾ th .

Add channa dhal grind 3/4^th

Mix altogether well & and ferment for about 8 hours

In a iron tawa pour the adai batter one ladle full spread and sprinkle oil around the adai 

Flip the adai and prepare crispy adai (dosai). Crispy adai is ready eat with any kind of chutney or avail.

My favorite tiffin  adai I would like to eat with jaggery (vellam)

Note: You can use green chilli instead of Red chilli, To get more taste we can add Moringka  leaves to this adai or Palak or Methi leaves

கேரளா ஸ்பெஷல் அவியல்
Kerala Special Aviyal

Aviyal

Ingredients

Yam ( cheenai kizangku)

Bringal

Pumkin

Big cucumber

Carrot

Tinda

Green banana

Drumstick

Beans

To grind

Green chilli – 3 nos

Cumin seeds – 1 tbspn

For Tempering

Coconut oil ( KL Nirmal Brand) – 2 tbspn

Curry leaves

Coconut milk – 1 cup thick milk

Coconut milk – 2 cup thin milk

Method

Wash and cut  all the vegetables, add thin coconut milk and salt and cook for about  15 min until all veggies gets cooked well.

Grind the given ingredients to form a  smooth paste

Add it to cooked vegetables and cook for 5 min.

Now  Add coconut oil and curry leaves and cook for about 5 min.

Remove from the heat and serve it with plain rice or Adai.

Adai aviyal is the best combination.

Note:  Instead of Adding coconut oil and curry leaves you  can also temper it and pour to a cooked veggie.

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