Simple Indian Sweet and Sour Ginger Sauce

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The Recipe of Simple Indian Sweet and Sour Ginger Sauce

Simple Indian Sweet and Sour Ginger Sauce

           Simple Indian Sweet and Sour Ginger Sauce is a perfectly balanced condiment,where in fresh ginger is fried and cooked in the sourness of tamarind and sweetness of jaggery and spiced up with the pungent taste of ginger itself. It is a South Indian traditional dish. I prepared this for our Onam festive meal. My grandma's version is the tastiest preparation I have ever tasted in my life. Though my mother follows the same recipe,which she has passed on to me,both of us have never been successful in bringing that right balance of sweetness and sourness,my grandma used to achieve in her preparation. The taste and aroma of her sweet and sour ginger sauce still lingers in my mouth. I would like to share the recipe with you. Please find out the ingredients and method of Simple Indian Sweet and Sour Ginger Sauce as below.

Simple Indian Sweet and Sour Ginger Sauce Cooking Recipe
Ingredients :-

• Minced fresh ginger tightly packed - 1/2 cup
• Green chillies finely chopped - 3-4 no's
• Curry leaves finely chopped - 3 stems
• Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
• Fenugreek seeds / Uluva - 1/4 tsp
• Black gram / Urad daal / Uzhunnu parippu - 1/4 tsp
• Whole dry red chillies - 2 no's
• Water - 1 1/2 cups
• Coconut oil - 3 tbsp
• Jaggery boiled in water / jaggery syrup - 2 tbsp (adjustable according to your taste)
• Tamarind concentrate - 3-4 tsp (according to your taste)
• Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
• Chilly powder - 1/4 tsp
• Salt - 2 pinch ( as required)

Simple Indian Sweet and Sour Ginger Sauce Cooking  Recipe
Method :-

• Heat the oil in a small deep sauce pan and add the mustard seeds,fenugreek seeds,urad daal and red dry chillies in the order.
• Add minced ginger,curry leaves and green chillies and stir well until ginger turns golden brown,in a low flame.Enjoy the wonderful aroma coming out of the pan at this point.
• Add the water,tamarind pulp and jaggery.Mix it well.
• Add the chilly powder,salt and turmeric powder.Mix well.Adjust the tamarind-jaggery balance by doing a taste test and add the extra bit if necessary.
• Cover with a lid and let it boil on a low flame.
• Let it thicken until it reaches half the quantity of the water. At this stage turn off the stove.
• It thickens more when it sits in the room temperature.

Kitchen Tips :-

• Simple Indian sweet and sour ginger sauce is a preservable dish item because it does not contain the onion.This is very important kitchen tip.
• This can be made  in advance and stored in refrigerator for many months.You can prepare this ginger sauce 1-2 weeks before any festival.The taste will be more.This is another kitchen tip.
• Another kitchen tip is that sweet and sour ginger sauce can be served with plain rice,biriyani and fried rice. Ginger sauce helps for digestion.

My friends,try the Simple Indian sweet and sour Ginger Sauce today itself !!!