Allam Pachchadi

Ingredients

• 1 inch ginger root
• 1.5 tsp tamarind pulp
• 1.5 tsp jaggery
• 4 dried red chillies
• 1 tsp mustard seeds
• 1/4 tsp fenugreek seeds
• 1/4 tsp turmeric
• 2 tbsp cooking oil
• salt to taste

Directions

1. Wash and dry ginger root
2. Soak tamarind pulp in hot water for 15 minutes
3. In a wok, heat the cooking oil
4. When the oil is hot, add mustard seeds, fenugreek seeds, and dried red chillies and dry till the mustard splutters
5. Turn of heat and let it cool down
6. In a food processor, grind the popu ingredients from step 4 and the ginger coarsely
7. Strain the seeds and fiber from the tamarind water
8. Add the tamarind juice, jaggery, turmeric and salt to the processor and grind till smooth