Cooking up and preparing for Onam is fun but missing home terribly and so is the case at home too. Said that, can’t wait to be home soon in a couple of months and really looking forward to that now.
And today’s recipe is a very essential part of the sadhya. Call it a sweet and sour ginger pickle of Kerala where ginger is cooked in a tangy-sweet sauce. Just recently did I know that inji puli and puli inji are two different recipes (of course a slight difference not huge). One has little more chili while the other has more Puli.
There are many variation of this in different part of Kerala and here’s how my Mom makes it. You may alter the addition of chili or Jaggery to suit your taste.
You need –
- Fresh ginger – finely chopped, 1 cup
- Tamarind – a lemon size ball, soaked in 3/4 cup of hot water.
- Jaggery – grated, 2 tablespoons
- chili powder – 1/2 teaspoon or as per taste
- Green chili – 2, finely chopped
- Asafetida – a pinch
- Mustard seeds – 1/2 teaspoon
- Curry leaves – 1 sprig
- Coconut oil – as required
- Salt to taste
How to –
Squeeze the soaked tamarind; extract the juice and set aside.
Heat oil and fry the ginger till golden brown. remove and set aside. In the same pan add oil if required; once heated add the mustard seeds and allow to splatter. Tip the green chili, curry leaves and fry briefly for a couple of seconds.
Add the chili powder, asafetida and saute for 2 minutes over medium heat. Add the fried ginger and mix well.
Add the tamarind water, jaggery, salt to taste and mix well and cook till mixture is thick and pulpy.
Turn off the heat and let it rest for an hour before you serve. cool completely before you jar it.
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Superr Rekha…
I just love this puli inji to the highest degree. I think you know the type of food I drool over, the spicy and tangy flavors. I should make too but normally I pinch from my mum.
And I have an inji curry scheduled next 😀
Oh, come to think of it, I never differentiated that much between inji puli and puli inji 🙂 Loved the clicks Rekha 🙂
Looks so good must try it sometime.Love the clicks.
nice interesting recipe.. my fav
I must say this by far the best click I have ever seen of puli inji. Seriously u have a unique way of making condiments look like a star.I remember ur pics of tomato basil chutney,shrimp pickles , I really loved those too.
South Indian cuisine is new for me. I am really amazed by the way day to day ingredients are used to make chutney & curries.
The pictures are beautiful as usual
Puli inji is one of my favourite recipe.. Love each one of your clicks.. Very tempting recipe..
Looks so perfect rekha.. 🙂 Mouth watering!
tangy and tempting dish…love that eye drop shape bowl
Adipoli Rekha. your pics are gorgeous.
Awee Meena..loved your comment 🙂 thank you for these wonderful words
Thank you 🙂
Thank you Nithya 🙂
Thank you girls 🙂
Thank you Nava 🙂
Thank you Priya 🙂
Thank you Princy:-)
Thank you Veena 🙂
though i have heard about it many times, but never tried it.. perfect with rice..
Am ready to die for a spoon of this irresistible puli inji..mouthwatering here..
Thank you Sangeetha 🙂
Thank you Gayathri 🙂
Thank you Sebeena 🙂
Thank you PT 🙂
Thank you Priya 🙂
Puli inji looks super yumm. You are killing me with your photos. Wonderful click
Hope your onam celebrations are going good. I love inji puli, looks so good, you first picture is awesome.
i couldn't leave a comment from my phone so came back to leave it… please rekha… oru bottle puliinji parcel to dubai… please, i'd love to get it!!! 😉 looks so so delish… my favorite sadya item, i always take a second serving of this…
Beautiful clicks Rekha ! Really beautiful !
Ahh is it so? I thought both were same.. I have never made both.. This time mil made some & packed it up in a horlicks bottle for us 😀 Must try making some soon ! So u must be looking fwd for ur vacation na?
An authentic recipe for inji curry, this is awesome! I found you through your guest post on Shruti’s blog. Your pictures are lovely, and I’m always ready to learn vegetarian keralite recipes. My husband grew up in Kerala and craves for those dishes.