How much cooking time?

20 min — 10 min prep, 10 min cooking.

Inji Thogayal

Name: Inji Thogayal
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Tamil Nadu Indian
Ingredients: 20g Jaggery; 1g Asafoetida; 15g Sesame Oil; 100g Ginger; 15g Urad Dal; 4g salt; 6g dry red chillies; 20g Tamarind; 2g Mustard Seeds (Black); 3g Curry Leaves

Ginger-tamarind relish with jaggery balance. Digestive Tamil condiment for rice meals.

People also search this as inji thuvayal.

Time 20 min · Serves 8 · 54 kcal · Central Tamil Nadu, Tamil Nadu

Ingredients

Main

Jaggery — 20 g
Asafoetida — 1 g
Sesame Oil — 15 g
Ginger — 100 g
Urad Dal — 15 g
salt — 4 g
dry red chillies — 6 g
Tamarind — 20 g

Tempering

Mustard Seeds (Black) — 2 g
Curry Leaves — 3 g

Method

Peel ginger and chop it into small pieces.
Heat half the oil. Fry urad dal and red chillies till golden.
Add ginger and hing. Fry till ginger turns light brown.
Cool, then grind with tamarind, jaggery and salt to a coarse paste.
Heat remaining oil. Add mustard seeds and curry leaves.
Pour over the thogayal and mix. Serve with hot rice.

Common questions

How many calories in one plate of Inji Thogayal?: 54 kcal per plate.
How much cooking time?: 20 min — 10 min prep, 10 min cooking.

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