PONGAL GOJJU / TAMARIND GOJJU - SIDE DISH FOR PONGAL
Pongal gojju / Tamarind gojju / Huli gojju is a tangy spicy slightly sweetish gravy that's usually served as a side dish with pongal
Ingredients
- lemon sized Tamarind
- lemon sized Jaggery
- 1-2 tsp Rice Flour
- 1 tsp Rasam powder
- 1/4 tsp Turmeric / haldi
- Salt to taste
- 1 small Onion , Finely Chopped ( optional )
- 2-3 nos Green Chilli
- few Curry leaves / karibevu soppu
To temper
- 2-3 tsp Oil
- 1 tsp Mustard
- a pinch Hing / Asafoetida
Instructions
- Soak a big lemon sized tamarind ball in water for about 30 mins. Extract its pulp. Keep this tamarind water aside.
- Take a kadai or pan. Add oil .Temper it with mustard seeds.
- Once they splutter add slit green chilli, hing and curry leaves.
- Add finely chopped onions . Add salt, Saute Onion 2-3 mins let they turn translucent.
- Add tamarind extract,1 cup water, jaggery,haldi, Rasam powder. Mix.
- Keep the flame on sim . let it boil 4-5 mins
- Dilute rice flour in water . Finally add it to the tamarind gojju and bring a boil. Pongal gojju will thicken .
- Taste test .If required add some salt or jaggery. If its strong add some water.
- That's it spicy tangy tamarind pongal gojju is ready .