Puli Inji | Inji Puli

Puli Inji is a sweet and sour pickle made with fresh ginger, green chillies and jaggery. It is an essential part of a Kerala sadya / feast. Fried ginger and green chillies are simmered in a sauce of tamarind. Addition of jaggery adds a sweetness and balances the sour and hot flavors. It is also know as inji curry or inji puli in some regions of Kerala.

Onam is around the corner and this easy and quick pickle is a must for the Onasadya. You can refrigerate this pickle in a container or glass bottle up to a month. This sweet, tangy and spicy pickle goes well even with curd rice. Or you can mix it up with some plain rice and enjoy.

Puli Inji

Sweet and sour pickle made of ginger, green chillies, jaggery and tamarind
Servings 4
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes

Ingredients

  • Oil – 1/4 cup
  • Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
  • Split urad dal – 1 tsp
  • Dried red chillies – 1 broken
  • Asafoetida / Hing / Kaayam – 1/4 tsp
  • Curry leaves – few
  • Ginger – 1/4 cup finely chopped
  • Green chillies – 5 to 6
  • Tamarind – 1 lemon size
  • Turmeric powder – a pinch
  • Red chilly powder – 1 tsp
  • Jaggery – 1 tsp
  • Salt – to taste

Instructions

  • Soak tamarind in 1 cup hot water. Extract the pulp and set aside.
  • Heat oil and add mustard seeds. When it splutters, add urad dal, red chillies, curry leaves and hing. Fry till dal turns golden.
  • Now add ginger and green chillies. Saute the ginger and chillies on medium heat until turns reddish-brown color.
  • Then add tamarind water, turmeric powder, red chilly powder, jaggery and salt. Mix well and bring to boil.
  • Continue cooking in medium heat until the mixture becomes thick. When cool, transfer to a container.

Notes

  • You can either use coconut oil or gingelly oil. I have used gingelly oil here.
  • Adjust the amount of green chillies and red chilly powder according to your spice level.
  • If the pickle turns out very spicy, add little more jaggery and adjust it.
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: Indian
Keyword: Sadya Recipes

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  1. Looks fabulous! This is my favourite in any onam sadya/feast

  2. Looks tempting and delicious!

  3. My all time favourite from onam sadya…

  4. my favourite one… and looks so tempting…

  5. my favourittteee!!! i love puli inji.

  6. the puli inji looks really tempting… i love it for any sadya…

  7. My mouth is just watering here..super tempting inji puli.

  8. wow thats very very yummy and tangy puli curry 🙂 thats an deliicous Onsadya recipe dear !! tempting me !!

  9. My all time favourite.. Love your second click a lot..Very tempting..

  10. yum yum yum…this is my kinda dish…i m sure to try it out…

  11. yummy and mouth watering puli inji.. i dont like inji flavor but its drool…

  12. looks so delicious. Drooling here 🙂

  13. ahhhh awesome my mouth is watering…

  14. delicious n tempting preparation…

  15. Inji puli looks delicious I love it.

  16. Inji puli looks delicious my favorite.

  17. very yumy n new look of the blog is more beautiful.

  18. tangy and tempting dish..looks great

  19. Puli Inji is one of my fav things with rice Sona 🙂 Your's look so inviting. That second click is so good 🙂

  20. Lovely clicks. Puli inji looks yummy and tempting.

  21. I can have it a bowl full…love its flavor and color!!

  22. Really tempting puli inji….. 🙂

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