So, I thought of all complicated dishes and ended up on this very complicated dish called Injithair in South Kerala. This I have seen only served during Onam festival sadya.
Grate some ginger 1 cup, 3 green chilies, crush them together, add 1 cup of curd.
That’s it. Injithair is ready.Then I remembered how long back Sarah wanted the recipe for injimuttai or ginger candy. This candy is sold especially in bus stops by small vendors, for this can alleviate the nausea and discomfort during the bus journeys. This was the only candy that passed the test of parents and you could eat them lot.
I didn’t get the recipe for injimuttai. I searched for ginger candy and ended up with lot of recipes. I am unable to remember whether the ginger candy we used to eat was made from whole ginger or ginger juice?
Anyway I made with ginger pieces. Boil 1 cup of diced ginger pieces in water for 15 minutes and strain. This makes the ginger pieces softer.For 1 cup of ginger, add ½ cup of sugar and 2 cups of water and bring to a boil and then simmer until the sugary water evaporates completely. Make sure ginger pieces do not start to stick to the pan. Take off from heat, arrange the ginger pieces on a wax paper and dry them. (I used brown sugar and the candy resembled garnet)
I am not sure whether the ginger candy or the nostalgia tasted great.
20 comments:
Hi Inji -- not to wear it out but really IS so good to see you cooking and blogging again. There, I won't say it anymore ;) Everything in previous post looks great. I have some ginger sitting in yogurt in the fridge, was thinking I might try a ginger-lime lassi for Jihva. I have yet to taste it -- but I see ginger and yogurt will go together, thanks! The ginger candy looks beautiful, too :)
Inji did you say 1 cup of ginger for the Injithair? Injimuttai sure looks red and tasty.
Injithair is considered as equivalent to 101 curries. :)
Hi Inji!
The pachadi is complicated indeed:) The candies are a great idea. Did you come up with the recipe yourself? Great entries!
I liked the Injithair, and the ginger candy does look like garnet
The word ginger came from Inji it seems, is that Tamil ?
Inji,
Oh boy Ginger Candy looks delicious. It looks like the Mambala( mango pulp dried under sun. I am sure a piece of this candy will do great to stomach after a heavy dinner. What say?
I didn't know we should add that much ginger to inchi thair. 1 cup?? When we have plain yogurt with rice, I sometimes add grated ginger, about a tsp to a cup of yogurt, and call it inchi thair. So the real stuff is made using a lot of ginger eh?
Hi Inji! Nice entry. But do we have to add 1 cup of inji to the thair?? i always thought an inch of ginger should do....
Inji - the ginger candy looks delicious. and injithair looks interesting too... will try soon
Ginger candy looks wonderful....thanks for your version..I've been satisfying my cravings with crystallized ginger lately...must try this.
-Trupti
Hi Inji,
Very healthy injithair.
Injimuttai looks fantastic.Thanks for sharing.
Hai,
Injithair and Ginger Candy looks delicious..Inji kai pokayunnille..ithrayum inji tholikalanjittu....
They do look like garnet. What a lovely entry Inji !
Hi Inji
This is my first visit to your blog. Nice recipe for Inji thayir.
Grrrrrrr...where is your old blog?? I wanted to refer that kottayam style fish curry again..... Should have saved it when it was available. Yeah, we learn from experiences! Next time I see a trace of your old blog, I am saving it all to my hdd...because your blog play hide and seek! Can't trust it. :) :|
Thank GOD I found you !! Your old blog was spammed with unmentionable stuff,so I had to delete that from my blog roll.I googled injipennu today and got here!I am so happy!
Great entry of Ginger candy btw Inji!
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don't know about onasadya, but my mom used to prepare injithayyir all the time. your recipe brought back good memories. thanks, inji.
i hated inji muttai when i was a kid travelling to malappuram by bus. i had bad motion sickness and i felt the smell of the ginger made it worse! and now i find out ginger is recommended for nausea! i remember the inji candy as pale yellow but love the color of ur garnets.
Its amazingly helpful.
You are star
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