Recipes
Kerala Mulaka Pachadi
Prep Time | 15 minutes |
Cook Time | 15 minutes |
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Ingredients
- 50 nos Small Green Chillies sliced into thin pieces
- 3-4 tbsp minced ginger
- 5-6 small chunks jaggery
- 2 tbsp ghee
- 1/4 tsp Mustard seeds
- Curry Laves – A sprig
- Tamarind - lemon sized ball
- Salt to taste
- Water
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Instructions
- Dissolve the tamarind in 1 cup of warm water and extract the juice.
- Heat 1 cup of water in a pan and add the jaggery pieces. Stir continuously till it melts and forms a syrup.
- Filter the syrup for any particles and keep aside.
- Heat 2 tbsp ghee in a non stick pan and fry the green chillies for 2 minutes.
- Add the grated ginger pieces and continue frying for a few more minutes till the ginger gets a light brown color.
- Drain the ginger and green chillies and keep aside.
- To the same pan, splutter mustard seeds and add curry leaves.
- Add the fried ginger and green chillies.
- Add tamarind juice along with salt and bring to a slow boil.
- Next, add the jaggery syrup and continue boiling for 10-15 minutes till desired consistency is attained.
- Do a taste test, and add more jaggery or tamarind juice as needed.
- If you like your Mulaka Pachadi to be thick, then you will have to boil it for around 20-30 minutes.
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