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.
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
- 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.
Notes
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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what a flavorful combo
What an authentic pachadi. Looks so inviting..
Thanks Gayathri.
Absolutely love this puli inji. I like the thinner version personally. Love it with some dosa :)
Thanks Sandhya. Me too love the thinner version.
It sounds like one spicy gojju.
Yup.. Thanks :-)
Wow! a tempting pachadi there.
Thanks Harini.
Omg, this pachadi is tempting me..seriously my mouth is watering here.
Thanks Priya
Tamarind chilli gojju looks very tempting.
Thanks Sapana
I love puli inji. Its been in the to do list for a long time, but yet to try making it.
:-) Do try it and let me know. Thanks
Such a flavorful and delicious gojju. Looks awesome.
Thanks Pavani
Sounds yumm! My mother in law makes a similar dish which we love!
Your pic is awesome!
Thanks Sowmya
Inji Puli is what I have heard.. very nice recipe Sri :)
yeah GB. Its pretty much the same. In our household they use more chillies than ginger and hence the name. Its a cross between milagai thokku and inji puli.
yummmm ! I think my elder kid and husband might like this… looks like something we can have with Pongal / rava Kichadi too :) bookmarkin this ! thanks Vidhya :)
Thanks Kalyani
This sounds interesting. Sweet, spicy and tangy :-)
Thanks :-)
V call it Puli inji:-) my fav too yum
Thanks Vidya.. Yeah this recipe seems to have many names. :-)