Some dishes always remind of you of your mother’s cooking and Inji Puli is one of them. My mother is from Palakkad, Kerala and her cooking has a touch of that place. Inji Puli is an instant ginger pickle which is also part of Onam Sadya. Onam is celebrated big time in Kerala and a huge vegetarian feast is served on a big banana leaf for this festival which is known as Onam Sadya.
Inji Puli is made with finely chopped ginger which is cooked with tamarind water and sweetness from jaggery. I love to enjoy this ginger pickle with some curd rice but you can also serve it with flat bread. The combination of sweetness from jaggery and sourness from tamarind is amazing. If you love ginger, you will love it!
So, sharing an easy process to make Inji Puli and hope you all try it out and share the feedback.
You can also check few other pickle recipes:
Inji Puli
Sweet and Sour Instant ginger pickle
Ingredients
- Tamarind / puli – 3 tbsp
- Ginger - 4 tbsp (Finely chopped)
- Jaggery – 4 tbsp powdered
- Turmeric Powder – ¼ tsp
- Mustard Seeds – ½ tsp
- Fenugreek seeds / Methi - 1 tsp
- Chana Dal/ Bengal Gram – 2 tsp
- Green chili - 1 (finely chopped)
- Asafoetida / hing – ¼ tsp
- Curry Leaves - 1 sprig
- Vegetable Oil – 2 tbsp
- Salt to taste
- Red chilli - 2
Instructions
-
Soak the tamarind for 15 minutes in 1 cup of hot water. Now drain the water in a separate bowl by removing the pulp and seeds.
-
Heat a pan with oil and temper with mustard seeds, red chilli, bengal gram, asafoetida and fenugreek seeds.
-
Add curry leaves, chopped ginger, green chilies and saute for a minute.
-
Now add the tamarind extract and add turmeric powder, salt and jaggery and mix well. Simmer till it thickens.
-
Transfer in a serving bowl and serve it with rice or flat bread.
Recipe Notes
Yum
looks so perfect.. sweet and sour and spicyness from ginger is really nice!
Thank you Veena 🙂
I’m not only in love with the dish but also the bowl. Haha
thank you dear 🙂
Didn’t know you have Keralite roots… 🙂 Injipuli is one of my favorite item in a sadya and you have made it beautifully… I guess when I land up in B’lore, I have to raid your manchatti collection! So lovely… 🙂
Thank you Rafeeda 🙂 No need to raid, I will happily give you all and more 🙂
Priya, I am salivating as i read this ….got to go now as i have all the ingredients at home and can make it now:)
Thank you Sandhya 🙂
looks good!
Thanks Binjal 🙂
This looks so delicious, Priya! I guess it has a sweet flavor coming from jaggery! Am I right?
Yes Hadia. The jaggery adds the sweetness 🙂
I just made it following your recipe ???? it’s turned out perfeccctttt ???? ????
I was in palakkad doing a Ayurveda retreat last month and they served this Inji Puli with Oshadha Kanji ….it was haunting me since and I really wanted to have it .
All thanks to you ???? ???? fantastic recipe !!!!
Do u ha e the recipe for Oshadha Kanji too??
Warm hug
Thank you for sharing the feedback ❤️