Pulikkaachal (Tamarind Chutney)
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Course : Curry
From: HungryMonster.com
Serves: 6
 

Ingredients:

1 piece an orange-sized tamarind ball
1 tablespoon jaggery -- powdered
1 teaspoon turmeric
12 medium green chiles -- chopped
4 sprigs curry leaves -- chopped
1 piece ginger -- chopped
1 teaspoon salt -- to taste
---FOR SEASONING---
1 teaspoon black mustard seeds
1 teaspoon black gram dal
3 medium red chiles -- broken
4 tablespoons oil
 

Preparation:

Extract juice from tamarind. Heat oil and add mustard seeds, black gram dal and red chiles. When brown, add green chiles and curry leaves and fry for a couple of minutes. Now add tamarind juice, jaggery, turmeric, salt and ginger. Cook until mixture is thick. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -