Inji Curry
- Ginger – 100 gm
- Tamarind – size of a small lime
Chilly powder – 2 tsp
Coriander powder – 3 tsp
Jaggery – size of a gooseberry - Mustard – 1 tsp
- Curry leaves
- Salt
- Fenugreek powder – 1 tsp
- Coconut oil
Cut the cleaned ginger in round slices. Fry them in coconut oil. Crush the fried ginger using a mortar and pestle. Add 1 tbsp of water to tamarind and make a pulp. Add chilly powder, coriander powder, jaggery and salt. Mix well and add crushed ginger too. Add 1/2cup of water to this and mix well.
Heat some more oil in the same pan in which you fried ginger and splutter mustard. Add curry leaves and the tamarind, jaggery & ginger mixture. Let it boil till it becomes thick. Add fenugreek powder & mix. Remove from fire.
Notes: The above qty serves 2-3 people. Once it is cooled completely, you can store it in an airtight container in the refrigerator for a week or so.
Recipe source: Vanitha magazine
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can i make this with dry ginger powder………probably if i roast the ginger with oil and make it…….i dont have access to fresh ginger before onam
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Maria
Reply: on September 1st, 2009 at 6:27 pmHi priya
I’ve made this only with fresh ginger. however as you’ve written if you roast the dry giger powder first and then mix it with tamarind pulp, it might work :) Its sad that you dont have access to fresh ginger :(, anyways
hope it comes out well…
Happy onam to you and your family!
Cheers
Maria
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i made inji curry with the dry ginger and it did come out lovely….my true mallu hubby said it was smelling wonderful as i was making it….and he also said that it tasted wonderful….the recipe for inji curry i have is almost similiar except that there is coconut in it and no jaggery
happy onam to you and ur family too…hope you have a wonderful time
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i stay in cairo and there are not mny indians or asians around the place i stay….so i have to go to a supermarket or mall where there are lots of indians and thats where i get fresh ginger……the shops around my apartment do not keep fresh ginger….and its also quite expensive around here
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Maria
Reply: on September 5th, 2009 at 11:21 amHi Priya
Hope you had a wonderful Onam!! Happy to know that Inji curry came out well, that too with dry ginger :)
We had been to Cairo four years back. It reminded me of Bombay :) Anyways, I didnt know that its difficult to get Indian stuff there.
Cheers
Maria
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Hello Maria,
I have tried out this recipe..turned out to be one of the best dishes I have made during xmas lent:)
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