Dates Inji puli recipe | Puli Inji curry with dates
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Dates Inji puli recipe | Puli Inji curry with dates that’s a slightly different dish from that of a normal inji puli in sadhya. Not only that we have replaced the jaggery entirely with dates, but the taste is also too good.
When I last posted the Thrissur style inji puli a year back, I had in mind to find an alternative to replace jaggery in the recipe. Also, I had the box full of dates thats not touched by anybody in my house. That’s how I planned to use up those in inji puli.
If you are interested in checking out the other sadhya recipes, there are two sets of recipes:
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Dates Inji puli recipe
Quick video recipe
Recipe with step by step photos
In a pot, take a lemon sized tamarind in 2.5 cups water and let it boil for 2-3 minutes. Let it rest for 15 minutes.
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Meanwhile, heat coconut oil and add finely chopped ginger to it.
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Fry for a minute and add chopped green chilli. fry the mix until ginger is slightly brown.
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Finely chop the dates and add them to the pan. Based on the sweetness of dates, adjust the quantity. Fry for a couple of minutes.
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Further, strain and add the tamarind water along with salt required.
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Let it boil on medium heat while stirring in between.
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When it has reduced to less than half, reduce the flame to simmer and keep stirring until it gets to a jam-like consistency.
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Dates Inji puli
Ingredients
- 1 lemon sized tamarind
- 3 tbsp coconut oil
- 1/2 cup chopped ginger
- 2 long green chilli finely chopped
- 5 no dates finely chopped
- salt to taste
Instructions
- Boil the tamarind in 2.5 cups water for 5 minutes and rest for 15 minutes
- squeeze and prepare the tamarind extract. keep it aside until use.
- Heat oil and fry ginger for a minute. further, add chopped green chilli and fry till ginger is slightly golden.
- furthermore, add chopped dates and fry for a minute.
- strain and add tamarind water, salt to taste and mix well.
- let it boil on medium heat while stirring in between.
- It has to thicken and become like a jam-like consistency.
Video
Notes
- adjust more/less dates based on its sweetness.
- some recipes do call for dry ginger powder. but its optional.