Manga Puli Inji

Preparation time: 15 minutes   |   Cook time: 20 minutes  |  Vegetarian 

INGREDIENTS:

·      200 gm fresh mango-ginger (manga Inji) finely chopped

·      ½ cup coconut oil

·      2 green chillies finely chopped

·      1 tsp red chilli powder

·      ¼ Turmeric powder

·      50 gm jaggery

·      Tamarind- lemon sized ball

·      2 cups Water

·      1/4 tsp roasted fenugreek powder

·      ¼tsp Mustard seeds

·      Asafoetida – A pinch

·      Salt to taste

·      Curry leaves

PREPARATION

1.  Heat ¼ cup of water in a deep pan, add jaggery pieces, and stir well until it melts. Remove from fire and filter it. Extract tamarind pulp and keep it a side.

2.  Take a M.W ovenproof dish, pour coconut oil, add chopped ginger, green chillies, turmeric powder and salt, and mix well. Keep it in the oven and cook for 3 minutes (M.W).

3.  Remove from oven and stir well. Add tamarind pulp, filtered jaggery syrup, red chilli powder and mix well. Again cook in M.w until gravy becomes thick and oil separates.

4.  Remove from oven.  Heat oil in a pan add mustard seeds, when it splutters, add asafoetida, fenugreek powder, curry leaves, cooked ginger mixture, and mix well.  After it cools, store in a dry bottle and refrigerate.