August 22, 2010

INJI PULLI (INJI CURRY) - ONAM SPECIAL

Inji Pulli



Onam is one harvest festival which defines love and prosperity through out the malyalam year and brings in lots of happiness and unity. Its usually a 10 day festival and for each day there is each recipes and celeberations done. Unfortunately, these days people get too busy and basically all are in nuclear family, no one really have time for all these traditions. Yest, we all malayalees make sure we cleberate the main day 'Thiruvonam' we dishes. It usally comprises of 11 -13 dishes from banana fries to achars to varies colorful dishes to kheer/payasam. They say its a 9 course meal!!!..yes its something that eacha nd everyone of you should try it out :)....Since tomorrow is Onam and its my little princesses first onam I m plannign to make a 'Sadya'. Yes first time in my life i m doing this. I know its a late to post all the recipes in one. But will try my best to do so. One of the dish is Inji pulli which is surely a lipsmacking sweet and sour dish :)

Ingredients (all are in approx) :

Part 1
Coconut Oil - 1/3 cup

Red Chilli - 2 nos
Ginger - 1 whole piece chopped finely
Green Chilli - 4 nos chopped finely
Curry leaves - 1 spring chopped finely

Part 2
Water - 2 cups
Tamarind - 1 lemon size ball
Jaggery/Gud/Sharkkara - 3/4 piece (in strip)
Chilli Powder - 1/4 tsp
Turmeric Powder - 1/4 tsp
Fenugreek Powder - 1/4 tsp
Salt

Preparation:
Ina pan add in part 2 ingredients and boil. Then simmer on low flame and cook till it reduces to half.
The jaggery will melt in the hot water. For the tamarind, if you have paste use it or else soak the tamarind in water for 15 mins and then squeeze the water out and use the water.

Meanwhile, in another pan add in the coconut oil and once hot, add in the mustard seeds. Once the seeds splutters then add in the red chilli and finely chopped, ginger, green chilli and curry leaves. Saute till ginger is light brown in color. Add these(including oil) to the tamarind water and cook for about 5 mins on low flame.
Cook till you need the desired thickens and cserve :)..
You can store this for a week in refrigerator as the oil acts the preservative.

Cheers,
Neetz ;)

P.S - The color usually is almost black in color. The Jaggery which we get here is little different the one we get in India. SO the difference of color :).

38 comments:

megha said...

nice recipe dear.

Nithu Bala said...

Happy onam Dear Neetu:-) loved this inji puli recipe..

subhashini said...

Happy to know about ONAM.Lovely recipe.

Magia da Inês said...

♥♥ Olá, amiga!
Passei para uma visitinha...
Seu cantinho está muito lindo e criativo, com fotos maravilhosas dos pratos.
As receitas estão muito saborosas e saudáveis...amei!!!♥♥
Boa semana!...
com tudo de bom!!!♥
Beijinhos.
Itabira♥
♥♥♥ Brasil

Unknown said...

Sounds And Looks Tasty.....

aipi said...

Inji curry looks delicious !!
Happy Onam to you n your family:)

Nithya said...

Happy Onam :) lovely recipe :)

Suja Manoj said...

Happy Onam dear..Inji puli nanayitundu..looks so delicious.

Fathima said...

one of my favs in the sadya... looks yum!

Satya said...

happy onam dear ...Inji pulli looks tempting ...love the combo of ingredients

Satya
http://www.superyummyrecipes.com

Anudeepa Kadiresan said...

when i see your post my taste buds starting to dance.....happy onam

Hamaree Rasoi said...

I remember having this at my friends place...and it was yummy...Thanks for sharing Neetz
Deepa
Hamaree Rasoi

Rookie Qookie said...

Happy Onam... parcel pls :)

Jeyashris Kitchen said...

Happy onam to u and ur family.
Nice recipe

My Kitchen Antics said...

im gonna miss having nice onam sadya at home now

Uma said...

Happy Onam to You and your Family!
inji puli looks tempting!

Nandinis food said...

Happy Onam! The recipe is very tangy and my favourite!

Krishnaveni said...

happy onam neetz, delicious dish, looks yum

Juliana said...

I never had anything like this...it sure sounds and looks very tasty, would love to try it one of this days :-)

NIDHYA said...

Inji pulli looks mouthwatering..my mom makes this curry with green chilli and tamarind. Nice click.

http://aaha-oho.blogspot.com/

Nithu said...

puli inji looks wonderful.

Rachel said...

Happy Onam. A fav among the kerala delicacies.

Poonam said...

this is new to me!!!! nice one

Ramya Vijaykumar said...

Tasty and yummy!!! Kerala dishes have a vivid taste to themselves!!!

Rachana said...

Happy Onam!

A lovely recipe!

Sarah Naveen said...

My fav..looks so delicious...

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Shabs.. said...

hi neets...how are u?.....onam okkey enganey undaayirunnu?....I nevertried this inji curry....everyone says its so yum...i think i too shud give it a go. Yeah, i knw we dont get that dark sharkkara back i n dubai....we used to bring that from india when ever we go or ask our cousins to bring them while coming back from home.....we get it in Uk though, which i am really happy!...great one.

Nikki said...

this is amazing sweet and sour dish,,,belated happy Onam dear.

Lena Jayadev said...

lol..enneppole kochine nokki blogging nu samayam kittatha aal. :)
injim puli kalakkittundu tto..my fav. :)

Torviewtoronto said...

yummy looks delicious

Shanthi Krishnakumar said...

Perfect and creamy
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Nikki said...

I like ur posts,,how r u doing?no updates from long time...waiting to see some new stuffs in ur space.
Cheers and Happy cooking,
Nikki
http://titilating-tastebuds.blogspot.com/

indianspicemagic said...

Nice curry....

Hamsi said...

Beautiful blog of tasty recipes. I liked your cocnut ladoo also. Inji pulli is my ever favourite and am glad to follow you.

Hamsamalini Chandrasekaran,
http://indianyummykitchen.blogspot.com

Lena Jayadev said...

Neeetu..this is my all time favorite.. vaayil vellam varunnu.. :)

Pushpa said...

Yummy inji curry...looks awesome...

Pushpa @ simplehomefood.com

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