Name: Puzhimilagai\Green Chilly pickle recipe by Shyamala Kumar at BetterButter
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 40
Ingredients: Green chillies - 250 gms; Imli - medium lemon sized; Haldi\Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp; Jaggery - small lemon sized; Salt to taste; Hing - 1/2 tsp; Mustard\Rai - 1/2 tsp; Curry patta - few twigs; Sesame/Til oil-3-4 tbspn

ABOUT Puzhimilagai\Green Chilly pickle RECIPE

A south Indian condiment, ‘Puzhimilagai’ is a green chilly pickle that has a chutney-like texture and tastes spicy with a fine balance of sourness and sweetness in it. As the name suggests, ‘Puzhi’ in Tamil means Imli\Tamarind and ‘Milagai’ means Chilly, the main ingredients that are needed in this recipe are fresh green chillies and imli.

Ingredients Serving: 40

Green chillies - 250 gms
Imli - medium lemon sized
Haldi\Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Jaggery - small lemon sized
Salt to taste
Hing - 1/2 tsp
Mustard\Rai - 1/2 tsp
Curry patta - few twigs
Sesame/Til oil-3-4 tbspn

Instructions

Soak imli in 1/2 cup of water for 15 minutes, squeeze and extract imli water.
Wash and pat dry the green chillies. Grind it into a thick paste. (if required, little bit of imli water can be used to grind the chillies).
Take a thick bottomed kadai. Heat sesame/til oil, add rai, hing, curry patta. When the mustard seeds splutter add green chillies paste, imli water, haldi, salt and jaggery.
Keep stirring in between and let it simmer till the oil separates. Taste and check for salt.
Let it cool and store it in a clean airtight container, preferably a glass bottle.
This green chilly pickle goes well with idly, dosa and upma varieties, stuffed parathas, theplas and also with any rice varieties like curd rice, coconut rice, lemon rice etc.

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