Puli Inji

Ginger - peeled and cut into small pieces - 2 cups (250 gms)
Green chillies - 7 - 8 nos
Red chillies - 2
Red chilly powder - 1 tbsp
Tamarind paste - 1/2 cup
Coriander leaves - 1 strand
Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
Fenugreek seeds(Uluva) - A pinch
Sugar/Jaggery(Sharkkara) - 1 tsp
Oil - 2 tbsp
Salt - to taste

Heat oil in a pan.Fry the chopped ginger, until brown.Remove the ginger into a plate and keep it aside.In the same oil, fry the green chillies and remove them too from the flame.In the same oil, add fenugreek seeds, mustard seeds red chilly and coriander leaves and let the mustards crackle.Add the fried ginger and the fried chillies along with the tamarind water so that all the ingredients are inmmersed in the liquid. Add sugar or jaggery and let the solution become very thick and viscous.