Pulikacchal recipe
Recipe ingredients:
- Soaked tamarind about the size of a large lemon
- 1 1/2 tbspn jaggery
- 2 tbspns sesame seeds roasted dry
- 6-8 green chillies, slit into two (add more for spice)
- 2 inch ginger cut into thin strips
- 1 tspn mustard seeds
- 1 tspn chana dal
- 3-4 tbspns oil, preferably sesame
- Good pinch asafoetida
- Pinch turmeric
- Curry leaves
Recipe method:
- Squeeze out the pulp from the tamarind.
- You can add a little fresh water each time to extract the pulp.
- When you have a about a small bowl full, set aside.
- Warm oil, season with mustard seeds first.
- When they start to pop throw in red chillies, chana dal, asafoetida and curry leaves.
- When dal turns red, add the green chillies and fry.
- Throw in the ginger, add tamarind extract carefully, a pinch turmeric, salt to taste and jaggery.
- Simmer on low heat till raw smell disappears and the sauce has reduced to one-third or thickened yet spoonable.
- Crush the roasted sesame seeds with a rolling pin on paper or in a spice mill rather coarsely.
- Add this at the end to the pulikacchal.
- Mix well so there are no lumps.
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