Puliinji

This is a preparation where ginger is the main ingredient.

Ingredients: 

Type 1

Ginger	25gm
Green Chilly	4nos.

Type 2

Coconut oil	25gm
Dried red chilly	1no. cut in to 4 pieces
Mustard seeds	1/2tsp

Type 3

Tamarind	size of a lemon
Water	2cups

Type 4

Turmeric powder	1/4tsp
Chilly Powder	1/4tsp
Asafoetida powder	1/4tsp
Jaggery (grated)	25gm
Curry leaves	1 sprigs
Fenugreek seeds	1 pinch

Method:

Peal ginger and cut into very small pieces. Cut the green chillies also into small pieces. Heat oil and sauté the 2nd Type ingredients for a minute. Add ginger and green chilly pieces and fry well and keep it aside. Put tamarind in two cups of water, squeeze well and take the liquid. Keep this liquid on fire adding the 4th Type ingredients. Boil till the solution becomes thick. Add the fried ginger and chilly pieces, boil once more and remove from fire.