Puli Inji, Inji Puli, Sweet & Sour Ginger Pickle

          Onam is a festival, celebrated in the state of Kerala, India, and it is celebrated for 10 days. As much as the Pookkalam ( Art With Flowers ), the Onam Sadya is equally important and has become very popular, that many restaurants offer a Onam Sadya Special for at least 3 to 4 days. Last year I had the chance of having it and being a big fan of Kerala food, I loved it. The traditional Onam Sadya has a couple of pickles, number of curries, pachadis and pradamans/payasams and is served on a banana leaf. One of the items served is this Inji Puli or Puli Inji, a sweet, spicy and sour pickle with ginger and tamarind. I have adapted the recipe from a cookbook, this is a simple dish and it goes very well with just plain rice or as a side to curd rice too..

Coriander And Ginger Thokku

          When I leave for vacation to India and the husband stays back, I make couple of thokkus, to make things a little easy for him while I am gone. Even, otherwise I like to have some kind of thokku in the refrigerator, be it the tomato thokku or this coriander thokku, serves as a spread on bread, rotis or can be mixed with rice. My daughter loves them, she can have them with almost anything. Adding ginger to coriander makes it even better..