Puli Milagai Pachadi / Tamarind Chilli Gojju

Under the theme “Family recipes” here is one more. Mine and my appa’s favorite -Puli milagai or puli milahai. It is like Bevu Bella and pretty much has all the six tastes but it is not raw. We need to cook this one thought. It is a spicy and tangy recipe with the hint of sweet and goes well with curd rice. I make it either thin to thick consistency depending upon the day. (err I should say mood) With thin consistency you  can mix it with rice and make it as a rice accompaniment. The best thing about this recipe it has about one week of shelf life without refrigeration. So this was one of the staple dishes that I used to take to my hostel along with other snacks.

This falls under pachadi and pickle category. It is the combination of green chillies, ginger, tamarind, fenugreek powder and seeds, jaggery and salt. The other interesting thing about this recipe is you can adjust the measure of ingredients according to your taste. If you want the goodness of ginger add more ginger and reduce the amount of green chillies. The same goes with the other ingredients. The measurement I mentioned here is what our family loves. I am including more jaggery and you can adjust that as per your taste.

Ingredients:

• Green chillies – 15
• Grated Jaggery – ½ cup
• Chopped Ginger – 1/3 cup
• Methi seeds – 1 tsp
• Methi powder – 1 tsp
• Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
• Tamarind – small lemon size
• Salt – 1.5 tbsps (adjust accordingly)
• Water – 2 cups (If you want thin consistency add more cup of water)
• Turmeric Powder – ½ tsp
• Hing – 1 tsp
• Oil – 2 tbsps

Steps:

• Finely chop the green chillies and ginger.
• Grate the jaggery.
• Soak the tamarind in 2 cups of water and extract the juice.

• Heat the kadai or strong bottomed vessel and add 2 tbsps of oil.
• Once the oil is hot add the mustard seeds, methi seeds and hing.
• As they start splutter add the chopped chillies and ginger.

• Add the turmeric and salt and saute it for couple of minutes. (Care should be taken while cooking green chillies. The spicy smell of green chillies is very strong. Make sure the ventilation is proper)
• Now add the tamarind water, salt and grated jaggery and let it simmer.

• If you want thin consistency you can turn it off when it starts to boil.

• If you want thicker consistency let it simmer till the gojju thickens. It might take close 20 to 25 minutes.
• Just before turning it off add the methi powder and mix well.

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Puli Milagai Pachadi / Tamarind Chilli Gojju

Prep Time

15 mins

Cook Time

35 mins

Total Time

50 mins

 

A sweet and sour and spicy gravy prepare with green chillies and ginger– a perfect accompaniment for yogurt rice and upmas.

Author: Srividhya G

Ingredients

• Green chillies – 15
• Grated Jaggery - ½ cup
• Chopped Ginger – 1/3 cup
• Methi seeds – 1 tsp
• Methi powder – 1 tsp
• Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
• Tamarind – small lemon size
• Salt – 1.5 tbsps adjust accordingly
• Water – 2 cups If you want thin consistency add more cup of water
• Turmeric Powder – ½ tsp
• Hing – 1 tsp
• Oil – 2 tbsps

Instructions

1. Finely chop the green chillies and ginger.
2. Grate the jaggery.
3. Soak the tamarind in 2 cups of water and extract the juice.
4. Heat the kadai or strong bottomed vessel and add 2 tbsps of oil.
5. Once the oil is hot add the mustard seeds, methi seeds and hing.
6. As they start splutter add the chopped chillies and ginger.
7. Add the turmeric and salt and saute it for couple of minutes. (Care should be taken while cooking green chillies. The spicy smell of green chillies is very strong. Make sure the ventilation is proper)
8. Now add the tamarind water, salt and grated jaggery and let it simmer.
9. If you want thin consistency you can turn it off when it starts to boil. If you want thicker consistency let it simmer till the gojju thickens. It might take close 20 to 25 minutes.
10. Just before turning it off add the methi powder and mix well.

Recipe Notes

Adjust the amount of green chillies and ginger. But for recipe you need minimum of 10 green chillies.
Care should be taken while cooking green chillies. The spicy smell of green chillies is very strong. Make sure the ventilation is proper

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