Ginger Thovayal [ chutney ]

Ingredients :

• Tender ginger - 1/4 cup [washed, peeled and chopped ]
• Fresh grated coconut - 1/2 cup
• Black pepper - 1 tsp
• Black broken gram [ ulutham paruppu ]
• Green chillies - 2 to 3
• Tamarind paste - 1/2 tsp
• Dry red chillies - 2 to 3
• Asafoetida - 1/2 tsp
• Jaggery - as required
• Salt - as required
• Curry leaves - little
• Oil - 2 tblsp

For the seasoning :

• Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
• Urad dhal - 1 tap

Method :

Take one kadai, heat oil and roast the red dry chillies till bright in colour. Then add asafoetida, and brown the black gram dhal,and pepper.  Then add chopped ginger,and over a  medium  flame and stir for 5 minutes.  Then add  salt, green chilli, tamarind paste and jaggery. Mix well and remove from the gas. Then add coconut and curry leaves. Grind all the ingredients into a coarse paste to make a thick chutney using very little water. Heat the reaming oil and pop the mustard seeds, and urad dhal and roast till golden. Add to the chutney and mix well.

Note :

This thovayal is very tasty and good for digestion.