Рецепт Pulinji

by Droolsss

The dark brown coloured sweet and sour dish that finds its place in a corner of a plaintain leaf in a Kerala sadya is an unavoidable dish in any festival of Kerala let it be Onam or Vishu. It is a make ahead dish , so make this today itself as Onam is just around the corner. Ingredients tamarind pulp- one lemon sized ball 1/2 tsp turmeric powder 1 tsp chilli powder salt as required 3tsp coconut oil 6 green chillies, chopped fine 2" ginger- chopped fine 1 small cube jaggery 1/2 tsp mustard seeds 2 whole red chillies one sprig curry leaves Method Soak the tamarind in 1 cup water and extract the juice. Pour this into a wide bottomed pan. add one more cup of water to this and keep it to boil. Add the turmeric powder, chilli powder and salt to this.  In a separate pan heat 2 tsp coconut oil. Saute the chopped green chillies and ginger well. Add this to the boiling tamarind mixture. Add the jaggery also to the tamarind mix. Cook everything well until the mixture thickens. Remove from heat. Heat the remaining 1 tsp coconut oil. Add the mustard. Break the whole red chillies and add . Once the mustard starts spluttering add the curry leaves and pour this over the prepared pulinji. Mix well and serve.