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Inji Thayir



Inji Thayir

Inji Thayir is a healthy side dish that can be served with rice or as a dipping sauce. It is spiced yogurt flavored with ginger. This can be serve with sadhya meal.Sadhya requires elaborate cooking and sometimes quick fix recipes like these are real time savers.  Try this, you will surely love it.

Ingredients
Ginger-1 inch thick
Yogurt- 11/2 cup
Green chilly- 2
Grated coconut- 1 tbs
curry  leaves- 2-3
Salt to taste

Using mortar and pastel make a course mixture of coconut, ginger, green chilly and curry leaves. Mix this with yogurt and salt and serve.
You can also do a tempering with 1 tsp oil, mustard seeds and curry leaves. Pour this over the inji thayir.
Note: the one with tempering is served in different regions along with sadhya and is called also inji kichadi


Try this
Hop you will all enjoy!

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  1. nandoos kitchenMarch 25, 2015 at 6:48 PM

    love it..

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  2. MélangeMarch 25, 2015 at 10:13 PM

    Authentic and my fav..Nice styling Suja.

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  3. MythreyiMarch 28, 2015 at 4:42 AM

    OMG, I love that Jar! Very Cute! We do the same way, except Grated Coconut, will try next time adding a bit of it!

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