For the alphabet I, I chose to do a regional recipe. Inji murappa or inji mittai is very famous here in Tamil Nadu. Whenever we travel by bus, it is easy to hear a seller selling these mittais at bus stands. During my child hood days I never had the courage to try these. But now after becoming a food blogger, I need to try out new recipes and when I saw the recipe for this mittai at Viki’s blog, I noted it down. Atleast once in a month I make Inji Chaaru to fight cold. And to have a taste of this mittai I tried it at home. It was so spicy and hot because of the ginger and a small piece of this mittai is sufficient to treat any indigestion. As I didn’t get tender ginger I went for the method using the juice along with some maida. I was so happy to see the result. It tasted great and was full of ginger goodness.
Recipe Source: Viki’s Kitchen
Ingredients:
Ginger-150 gm
Sugar-1 1/4 cup
All Purpose Flour/ Maida-2-3 tbs
Cardamom Powder-a pinch
Procedure:
1. Peel the skin of the ginger and clean it thoroughly.
2. Grind it with 1/2 cup of water to a fine paste.
3. Strain the juice in a metal strainer.
4. Add another 1/4 cup of water to the fibres and grind again.
5. Filter this also. Discard the pith.
6. Keep the juice for 30 minutes. Pour it into another bowl and you can see a white sediment at the bottom. Discard that.
7. In a pan add sugar along with the juice and cardamom powder and bring it to boil.
8. Keep flame on medium and cook until the syrup comes to two string consistency. When you take a drop between the index and thumb, two string should form between the fingers.
9. When the syrup is of right consistency, add the flour and mix it vigorously so that no lumps form.
10. Cook for a minute on low flame and pour it into a greased plate.
11. When semi set, cut out lines using a knife.
12. Allow it to cool completely.
13. Cut on the pre cut lines.
14. Remove the mittai from the plate and store in an air tight jar.
15. Use when you have indigestion or cold.
Pick nice ginger pieces.
Peel skin, wash and grind with 1/2 cup of water.
Strain through a metal strainer. Do it once more with 1/4 cup of water.
Discard pith after removing all the juice.
Discard the white deposit at the bottom of the bowl.
Add sugar and cardamom powder to the juice.
Boil it until the syrup reaches two string consistency.
Add flour.
Mix vigorously.
Pour into a greased plate.
Cut into small squares and store.
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Love these ginger candy. So good for cough and indigestion . I also make these at home but in a different way where I use ginger pieces instead of the juice
Awesome !!!
superb manju,nowadays lots of scrumptious and mind blowing recipes.
very very healthy and aromatic candy 🙂 looks so yummy and loved the preparation dear 🙂
oh my dad’s favorite remedy..as a kid even i found it very hot, but now i relish it especially on cold days
wow must be so spicy with all that ginger
Omg, these ginger candies makes me nostalgic, we never forget to get them before if we taking a long bus route..Love it.
Oh so tempting….
lovely recipe , i too have never made with juice but have tried it few times with pieces….
Oh…I have never heard of this before..good medicinal treat:)
It reminds us our childhood.
wow u have made it superb so nicely dad loves it best for cold and sore throat.helps in digestion too I love it.
wonderfully done
Sounds very good Gayathri..will have to make it sometime..
oh ! takes me to my childhood now :-)) wonderfully made !
Good one, Gayathri. I should try this sometime.
Never heard of this dessert before.. It sure sounds super tasty.
Wow.. look so delicious and tasty
This is my favourite. The colour and texture of your Injji Mittai is lovely.
In Maharashtra we call it Aalepak or Aalyaachi Vadi. Aale being Ginger.
Never heard of this recipe. bookmarked
This reminds me of my childhood trips from Ooty. They used to sell this in the Baliyar stop and people used to buy lots of this to combat nausea during the travel in the hair pin bends. Must try this..
Oh.. I remember this candy my dad use to bring home.. In telugu we call it ” Allam murabba”.. It’s healthy & has good medicinal values..Lovely post Gayathri..
Good for health nice recipe.
Lovely recipe! I like that you have made with ginger juice than the pieces itself. This way we will not feel the harsh ginger in our mouth. Will make some soon 🙂
Wow! Inji mittai looks nice and just like the ones you get in stores!! Perfectly done…the spicier they are , the better they taste 🙂
Looks very nice , store bought like, bookmarked this too:-)
OMG these look so delicious. Love the pics GAyatri.
super dear, I tried this and will post in my space soon with the link attached.
Wow it’s so easy to do and healthy also
Nice recipe dear .it will remind me of nostalgic feelings. I am in UAE .in winter season this candy is very useful. Inji mittai is available in UAE at sandhai.ae online shop