Hot spicy CHILLI CURRY (Mulaku curry)
If you are into spicy food, this one is a must-try. A side dish popular in kerala, this curry has hot spicy green chillies blended wonderfully with tamarind. For this you need whole lot of green chillies, dont go for too much spicy ones. You could serve this dish alongside snacks like samosas appam, paranthas and bhajjis and if you like you can have it as a side dish with rice.
The Carolina Reaper was rated as the world's hottest chilli pepper by Guiness Book of World Records..i bet i could never try those. I bite into a humble desi one and that itself is too hot for me..
Ingredients
Green chillies- 100 gm
Oil- 4 tbl spoon
Mustard seeds- 1 tspoon
Fenugreek powder- 1 tl spoon
Turmeric powder- 1 pinch
Chilli powder- 1 tspoon
Asafoetida powder- 1 tspoon
Tamarind- 2 lemon sized balls
Jaggery- 50 gm
Salt- as per taste
Procedure
Cut the chillies into small pieces. Now in a wok heat oil and splutter the mustard seeds. Add the chillies. saute them till their green color fades and its slightly brown in color. Dont keep the flame too high or you may burn the chillies and the smoke would end you up with a wild fit of sneezing and coughing..
When done add salt and turmeric..this would make the mix coll down a bit. Keep stirring and add fenugreek and asafoetida. At the end add chilli powder(you could skip this if you dont want it too spicy). Saute the powder well for half minute and then add tamarind pulp to it.(Soak the tamarind in hot water for half an hour before taking its pulp.) Also add in powdered jaggery to the bubbling liquid. You could add in more jaggery as per your taste.
Keep stirring and for about 15 minutes. Check the consistency and if not too watery you could switch off the heat and your hot and sweet dish is ready.
