Ginger Thukku

Ginger Thukku

By: V.RANJANA KRISHNAN

Method 1.

Ingredients:

Fresh Ginger 50 g
channa dal 1 tb spoon
red chilly 1 or 2
coriander seeds 2 tb spoon
tamarind one lemon size
salt to taste Gingerly oil 100 ml
asafoetida one pinch
regular cooking oil 2 spoon
mustard 1 t.spoon
fenu greek 1t.spoon
little jaggery

Seasoning :

mustard
fenugreek
curry leaves

Method:

Roast dal, coriander seeds, red chilly in bit of oil. Make a dry roast of mustard and fenugreek separately till it splitters and powder all the roasted ingredients.

Clean and remove the skin in ginger and make it a paste. Make tamarind to thick extract. season the given ingredients in a thick pan and to that add tamarind extract, when it boils, add ginger paste and then ground powder, salt, asafoetida ,jaggery, add gingelly oil to that and allow it to become thick paste like consistency.

Kindle the paste with out leaving hands otherwise it will deposit.

Note : gingelly oil is the natural preservator, you can store it in air tight container to 1 week. It is very good for digestion.

Method 2. of ginger thokku

Ingredients :

Fresh ginger 50 g
Tamarind one lemon size
Salt to taste
Asafoetida a pinch
Gingelly oil 100ml
Jaggery ---little.

Method:

Clean and peel the skin of ginger and make it a paste. Make a thick tamarind extract. In a pan season the ingredients as in method 1. Add tamarind to that, when it boils add ginger paste, salt, jaggery, asafoetida, gingely oil .and make it to thick consistency .store it in an air tight container.