Tuesday, November 02, 2010

Inji Murabba - Pickled Ginger

INJI MURABBA

Inji Murabba is pickled ginger and it can be savoured before a feast as an appetiser or relished as a digestive after a feast. It is very good to have it handy during the Deepavali festival which is great binging time with so many sweets and savouries being prepared and exchanged among friends and relatives.

INGREDIENTS


Peeled and sliced fresh ginger - 1 cup
Sugar - 1 cup
Salt - 1/2 pinch
Turmeric powder - 1/4 pinch
Juice of fresh lime - 1 tsp


METHOD

1. Cook the peeled and sliced ginger in 1 1/2 cups of water and salt till it becomes tender.
2. Add sugar and cook till the syrup reaches one thread consistancy.
3. Add turmeric powder, stir well and cook for one more minute.
4. Switch off flame and add the lime juice.
5. Stir well and store in a bottle when thoroughly cooled.
( If you prefer a dry murabba or ginger candy continue cooking till the syrup starts crystalising, and avoid the lime juice.)


Enjoy the spicy hot sting of the ginger along with the lemony sweet sugar syrup and feel the attack of hunger pangs in your tummy soon after!