Puliyinchi

Puliyinchi (പുളിയിഞ്ചി)

 In Malayalam 'puli' means tamarind and 'inchi' means ginger. So as you would have guessed, 'puliyinchi' is a combination of tamarind and ginger with some jaggiri added in order to counter the spiciness of ginger. It is used as pickle and the taste is so good with a combination of hot chillies, spicy ginger, sour tamarind and sweet jaggiri.

Ingredients:

1)Ginger                 250 gram (peel off the skin and cut in to small pieces);
Small Onion           200 gram (cut in to small pieces);
Green chilly           6 nos (cut in to small pieces);

2)Red chillies (dry)  4 nos, cut in to small pieces;
Mustard                    1 tsp;
Curry leaves             1 spring;
Coconut oil               2 tbsp;

3)Chilli powder        1 tsp;
Turmeric powder     as needed;

4)Tamarind            One ball of egg size;

5)Jaggiri (molten paste)      As needed;

6)Salt                As needed;

Method of preparation:
Heat some oil in a clay pot, and add mustard. When they start sputtering add curry leaves and dry red chillies (vattal mulaku) pieces, stir well. To this add items under 1 (ginger, small onion and green chillies) and salt, continue stirring till its color turns brown. Add items under 3 (chilli powder and turmeric powder) to this mixture, stir well. Mix tamarind water and salt with this and stir well. In the end, add jaggiri mixture (item number 5). Allow the preparation to cool.