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Ginger is a hero. I was going through the medicinal properties of ginger and I am impressed. It takes care of salmonella! Should I say more?  There are a myriad other good properties of ginger which is not in the scope of this page.  It's suffice to say ginger is good for you.


Most vegetarian feasts in Kerala serve ginger in a couple of savory form pachadi, ingi curry etc. My favorite is the pachadi. Every time my mother cooks up a feast at home, now I am not talking vegetarian but quite the contrary, she will inclue the pachadi. Only for your ears, she loves this just like I do but the medicinal properties are always the excuse for it showing up on the table every time. You will hear her ranting "it's good for your stomach." It took me a while to start liking this dish. However, now I can have just rice and couple of spoons of this and feel satiated. Truly. I feel quite good, like I had a delicious lip smacking 5 course meal.

My mom’s cooking is never healthy but leans all the way to the fatty, rich, tasty side. All said and done this one dish is quite good. Everytime I deep fry the ginger I wonder how much of the medicinal properties or goodness of the ginger is retained. However, experience has taught me that ginger is tough and quite the hero like I mentioned. It seems to be doing its work even after being deep fried it helps to calm your stomach. Did you say, huh! Well I told ya.. ginger is a hero! Have a nice day friends!

Ingredients:
Ginger                                                    - 1/4 cup chopped
Green chillies                                          - 6 nos chopped
Shallots  (you could use onions also)       - 1/4 cup chopped
Curry leaves                                           - 1 sprig
Mustard gram                                         - 1/4 tspn
Curd                                                       - 1/2 cup


Method:

1. Deep fry all the ingredients till semi crisp and color changes
2. Add to the curd with enough salt and spinkle musard over

Contributor: Sunitha