Sadya

Inji puli

Sweet-sour ginger and tamarind curry — a small, sharp dish on the Onam leaf.

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Inji puli (puli inji) cooks ginger with tamarind, jaggery, chilli, and mustard. A spoonful sits on the sadya leaf to cut through the richer curries. It keeps for days and is also eaten with rice or kanji.

Course Feast / pickle-curry

Region Statewide

Typically with Sadya, rice, kanji

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