Inji (Ginger) has lots of medicinal benefits. In day to day cooking, we all use ginger in most of our dishes. Inji Kuzhambu is one of the healthy and tasty dish that goes well with hot steaming rice. Whenever I feel indigestion or down with cold or cough, I make this inji kuzhambu and it is really soothing. Serve this yummy kuzhambu with roasted papad or any kootu varieties.
If you like this Inji Kuzhambu, then you can also try other Traditional Kuzhambu recipes as well
Milagu Kuzhambu – Milagu Kuzhambu is one of the traditional kuzhambu made using Black Pepper and other few ingredients.
Vendhaya Kuzhambu Recipe – Vendaya kuzhambu is a conventional kuzhambu most of us make often. A very simple Kuzhambu rich in fenugreek flavor. A perfect kuzhambu to be served with hot steaming rice along with a teaspoon of sesame oil.
1tspSplit Bengal Gram (Channa Dal / Kadalaparuppu)
fewCurry leaves
1nosRed Chili
Instructions
Soak the tamarind in water and extract the juice
Heat oil pan, add urad dal, black pepper and curry leaves and fry them till the dal turn golden brown color. Clean, peel and chop the ginger and add it to the mixer along with the fried ingredients
Grind all the ingredients in the mixer to a fine paste. Heat a pan and add the tamarind juice along with turmeric and salt and allow it to boil.
When the raw smell of the tamarind goes off, add ground ginger paste and keep the flame low and allow the kuzhambu to cook and boil nicely.
When the kuzhambu is cooked nicely, add grated jaggery and mix well and remove the kuzhambu from flame.
Heat oil in another pan. When the oil is hot, add mustard seeds, When the mustard seeds starts to sputter, channa dal and fry till the dal turns golden brown color. Add broken red chilli and curry leaves and saute for 10 seconds.
Add the seasoned ingredients to the kuzhambu and mix well
Nutritional Info
Nutrition Facts
Inji Kuzhambu | Ginger Kuzhambu
Amount Per Serving (1 cup)
Calories 72Calories from Fat 90
% Daily Value*
Fat 10g15%
Sodium 2mg0%
Potassium 4mg0%
Carbohydrates 95g32%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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Method to make Inji Kuzhambu with step by step pictures :
Soak the tamarind in water and extract the juice
Heat oil pan, add uriddal, pepper and curry leaves and fry them till the dal turn golden brown color. Clean and peel the ginger and add it to the mixer along with the fried ingredients
Grind all the ingredients in the mixer to a fine paste. Heat a pan and add the tamarind juice along with turmeric and salt and allow it to boil.
When the raw smell of the tamarind goes off, add ground ginger paste and keep the flame low and allow the kuzhambu to cook and boil nicely. When the kuzhambu is cooked nicely, add grated jaggery and mix well and remove the kuzhambu from flame. Heat oil in another pan. When the oil is hot, add mustard seeds, When the mustard seeds starts to sputter, channa dal and fry till the dal turns golden brown color. Add broken red chilli and curry leaves and saute for 10 seconds.
Add the seasoned ingredients to the kuzhambu and mix well
Serve the yummy Inji Kuzhambu with hot steaming rice and enjoy the taste!
Hi. Liked the pics so much . Wil surely try . As I am a beginner it wud be great if u cud tel me the amount of tamarind water u have used. Looks like one cup of water . Can u clarify that and it wud be of great help if u can give tamarind water measurements .
Hi, You can soak the tamarind in 1 cup of water and squeeze out the tamarind to get a thick paste. If you feel the tamarind has still essence, again add half cup of water and squeeze out the tamarind juice
Hi. Liked the pics so much . Wil surely try . As I am a beginner it wud be great if u cud tel me the amount of tamarind water u have used. Looks like one cup of water . Can u clarify that and it wud be of great help if u can give tamarind water measurements .
Hi, You can soak the tamarind in 1 cup of water and squeeze out the tamarind to get a thick paste. If you feel the tamarind has still essence, again add half cup of water and squeeze out the tamarind juice
Lucid explanation. Nice
Hi can I add garlic to this? If yes at which step
We can sauté garlic with other fried ingredient and grind it with ginger.