Tamarind Ginger Chutney - Murthy Aunty Style

Ingredients

250 gms of Tamarind 
250 gms of jaggery ( gur)
250 gms of Ginger ( adrak)
50 gms chilli powder ( 3 mango brand preferably)
Salt to taste
250 gms oil ( fortune filter oil.
3 tspn rai ( mustard seeds)
1/4 tspn hing ( asafoetida)
1 tspn channa dal
1 tspn urad dal ( white)
1 tspn dana methi

Method

1. Dry roast dana methi and rai in a pan.
Grind this into a powder and keep aside.

2. Soak tamarind in hot water. Water should be just enough to cover the tamarind. 
Add gud to the tamarind. Let this soak together for 4 hours

4. Peel and cut ginger

5. Churn ginger in a mixer grinder. Then churn jaggery and tamarind in the mixer grinder.

6. Mix all three in a bowl together. Mix the rai and methi masala to this.

7. Heat oil and add Chana Dal and urad dal. Fry them till brown in color. Add Hing.

8. Turn the gas off

9. When the oil is warm add chilli powder. When the oil is cool add it to the tamarind jaggery mixture.

10. Do not cook this mixture. Store in a glass jar. Refrigerate if you live in a humid environment.

Enjoy it with hot rice and ghee  :) or with South Indian Snacks like Uttapam.