Puli Inchi Curry

 Puliinchi curry is a spicy, tangy, sweet curry and one of the main side dish usually served on a banana leaf in onam sadhya (feast) during onam festival in Kerala. Recipe is given with step by step method and photos.

The following ingredients are needed to prepare Puli Inchi Curry.

Ingredients:-

Ginger.                    - 100 gm
Green chilly.           - 4
Jaggery.                  - 3/4 cup
Tamarind.               - a gooseberry size
Red chilly powder. -1 and 1/2tsp
Turmeric powder.   - 1/4tsp
Hing powder.          -1/2tsp
Mustard seeds.        -1/2tsp
Curry leaves.           - 1 spring
Fenugreek (Methi). -1/4tsp
Coconut oil.            -1tbsp
Ghee.                       -1/2tsp
Salt.                         - to taste

Instructions:-

Peel and remove the outer skin of ginger. Wash well and finely chop the ginger and keep aside. Wash and chop green chillies into thin round pieces and keep aside. Grate jaggery and keep aside.Soak tamarind in 1cup of water and squeeze and extract tamarind juice and keep aside.

Method:-

1). Heat coconut oil in a pan and add finely chopped ginger and green chilli pieces into the pan and fry in oil.

2). When ginger and green chillies are fried well add extracted tamarind juice into the pan and boil well.

3). Add chilly powder, turmeric powder, hing powder, grated jaggery and required salt into the pan and mix well.

4). Boil the mixture and stir well till it becomes thick. Switch off the flame.

5). Heat 1tsp coconut oil in a small pan for seasoning and splutter mustard seeds and saute well. Add curry leaves and fry in oil for a second and switch off the flame. Pour the above mustard seasoning into the puli inchi curry.

6). Heat 1/2tsp ghee in the same small pan and roast fenugreek (methi) seeds in ghee and switch off the flame.Crush the ghee roasted fenugreek seeds and pour it into the puli inchi curry and mix well.

Transfer the puliinchi curry to a serving bowl. Puli Inchi Curry is ready to serve.