Puli Inji/Inji Puli/ Puliyinji /Inji curry is an imperative part of every Onam Sadhya. It is my favorite curry. I like the combination of Rice, kappa puzhukku, fish curry, puli inji and Rice, Green gram thoran, Egg omelet, inji curry, and Rice, Ullu theeyal, Aviyal, puli inji and another combination is Red chilly Chutney ( dry chammanthy), green gram thoran, Omelet and Puli Inji … …actually I like puli inji with rice and any other curries. . It is a sweet and sour traditional Kerala sauce made by simmering fried ginger (inji) in jaggery and tamarind (puli) sauce. I like to make it in thick consistency, you can adjust the consistency of puli inji as your wish .
INGREDINETS:
- Ginger , cut very finely – 50 gm
- Green chilies – 7 nos, chopped
- Shallots(kunjulli), chopped – 1 cup
- Tamarind – 1 gooseberry sized
- Jaggery – 1 small cube size
- Salt to taste
- Coconut Oil – 1 tbsp
To roast
- Raw rice – 1 tsp
- Jeera /cumin –1/4 tsp
- Pepper corns – 1/2 tsp
Powders:
- Coriander powder – 1 Tsp
- Red Chili powder – 1 tsp
- Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
Seasoning
- Mustard seeds – 1/2 tsp -
- Dry red chili, split into two – 2 nos
- Few curry leaves
METHOD
- Heat 1 Tbsp of oil in a small pan and add finely chopped green chili, and ginger.
- Fry on medium heat well till the raw smell goes and the ingredients get fried to a medium brown color.
- Let then cool and place in a small jar of your mixer and grind then without adding water. Keep it aside.
- Extract thick tamarind juice, from tamarind, adding about 1 cup of water to the tamarind.
- Roast the ingredients listed above in To roast & powder .
- Heat another medium kadai /pan with 1 to 2 Tbsp. of coconut oil, Splutter mustard seeds in it.
- Now add dry red chili, curry leaves and onion and fry for a few seconds.
- Add this ground ginger green chilly mixture to the pan and sit well.
- Now add the roasted masala powders to the pan, mix and stir.
- Now pour in the tamarind juice, salt to taste, stir and cook till the sauce thicken up.
- Then add jaggery and let it blend in with the sauce.
- Now sprinkle the powdered, rice,jeera and pepper. Stir and mix and cook for a minute.
- Switch off the flame and and let it cool.
- Enjoy puli inji with rice, kappa puzhukku and Chicken or fish curry.
