Gongura curry or gongura talimpu

We can prepare many varieties with gongura(red sorrel leaves).This is the third variety I am posting on gongura.Gongura is the most basic in Andhra.

[caption id="attachment_186" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Tasty gongura curry/talimpu[/caption]

Ingredients:

• Gongura leaves:5 cups(Red sorrel leaves).


• Onion:2 (big sized).


• Red chillies:5-6.


• Red chilli powder:1 -2 tsp(adjust to your spice level).


• chana dal:1 tbsp.


• Urad dal:2 tsp.


• Salt:adjust to your taste.


• Garlic:12-3 pods.


• Mustard seeds:1/2 tsp.


• Oil:4 tbsp.

Procedure:

• Remove the gongura leaves from stems and wash for 3 times and drain them until all the water drains.Spread it on a cloth and dry it in a shade for one day.


• Dry them until all the water becomes dry and take care that they should not become crisp.In summer it will take only 1/2 day.


• Cut the onion into thin slices.


• Heat oil in a kadai and crackle mustard seeds and add chana dal,urad dal and fry until it turn brown in color.


• Now add broken red chillies , garlic and fry well.


• Now add onions and fry well until it turns pink in color.


• Add the gongura leaves and fry well until it reduces the volume.It will take 15-18 min to fry.


• Now add salt and red chilli powder and fry for another 3 min.

Note:

• Alternatively you can fry gongura leaves in another kadai and mix it with seasoning so that we cannot get hard gongura.


• While drying it in shade make sure that to dry in single layer.

 

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How to prepare Tangy Green Mango Chutney.

This is the one of the easiest way to prepare Green Mango Chutney.It's a finger licking chutney.We can't stop eating this.It's goes good with Hot rice and Ghee.

[caption id="attachment_265" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Tangy Green Mango Chutney[/caption]

Ingredients:

• Green mango pieces:1 cup.


• Grated  dry coconut:1/4 cup.


• Jeera:1/2 tsp.


• Grated Jaggery:1 tbsp.


• salt:adjust to taste.


• onion:1 small sized.


• Oil:2 tsp.


• Mustard seeds:1/2 tsp.


• Red chillies:3(adjust to your spice level).


• Garlic :2 pods.


• Curry leaves:4-5.

Procedure:

• Peel the skin of mango and cut it into pieces.


• Now First Grind the jeera,Grated dry coconut into powder in a mixer.


• Now add Red chiilies,Garlic,jaggery,salt to the jeera and coconut powder  in the mixer.


• Once again run the mixer with all the above to the fine powder.


• Now add Mango pieces with little amount of water and grind it.


• Heat the oil in a small kadai and crackle the mustard seeds and add onions,curry leaves and fry until it turns brown in color.


• Now add the ground chutney into the kadai for 1/2 min and remove the chutney into the clean vessel.

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How to prepare Uggani(Puffed rice Upma).

[caption id="attachment_266" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Uggani[/caption]

This is the most popular break fast in Andhra.Very easy  to prepare.It can be prepared with in 15 min.This is the perfect break fast for lazy mornings.As it is known as puffed rice its very light to have it in the morning or as the evening snack.If we are preparing it as evening snack Mirchi bajji is the best combination with this. Now here comes  the making process  of uggani.

Ingredients:

• Puffed rice:10 cups.


• Onion:1 medium sized.


• Tomato:1 medium sized.


• Green chillies:5-6(adjust to your spice level).


• Turmeric powder:1/4 tsp.


• Dry coconut(grated):1tbsp.


• Roasted gram(Putnala pappu):2 tbsp.


• Mustard seeds:1/2 tsp.


• Jeera seeds:1/4 tsp.


• Chana dal:1 tbsp.


• Urad dal:1tsp.


• Curry leaves:6-7.


• Salt:adjust to taste.


• Lemon juice:2 tbsp.


• Coriander leaves(chopped):1 tbsp.


• Oil:2 tbsp.

Procedure:

• Grind  the grated coconut,fried gram into a fine powder and keep it aside.


• Now grind the green chillies ,little amount of salt to a fine paste.


• Cut the onion  into thin slices and tomato into small pieces.


• Heat the oil in a big kadai and cracle mustard seeds.


• Now add jeera,curry leaves,chana dal,urad dal.


• Now add onion and fry it until it turns brown color.


• Add turmeric powder,tomato pieces and fry until tomato becomes soft.


• Now add green chilli paste and salt and fry it well.


• Soak the puffed rice in a plenty of water for 2-3 min.


• Take a fistful of soaked puffed rice and squeeze the water completely.


• Repeat the same process to all puffed rice.


• Now take the fried mixture to the squeezed puffed rice and mix it well.


• Add Fried gram,coconut powder,lemon juice and mix it well.

Now serve with chips or mirchi bajji.

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Gongura Pappu(Dal)(Basic Andhra Style)

[caption id="attachment_182" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Gongura pappu[/caption]

Ingredients:

• ToorDal:1 cup.


• Onion:1(medium sized).


• Garlic Pods:5-6.


• Gongura(Mesta) leaves:1/2 cup.


• Turmeric :2 pinch.


• Tomato:1 (small sized).


• Tamarind pulp:1 tsp.


• Red chillies:2-3.


• Green chillies:7-8(adjust to your spice level).


• Salt:adjust to your taste.


• Mustard and cumin seeds:1tsp.


• oil:1 -2 tbsp.


• Bay leaves:3-4.

Procedure:

• Wash the dal and keep aside.


• Cut the tomato,onion into  pieces.


• Keep onion,3-4 garlic pods,tomato,Green chillies,Gongura leaves,turmeric and add required quantity of water to boil.


• At last add tamarind pulp and salt and pressure cook upto 2-3 whistles.


• Now remove the lid add coriander leaves and in low flame  let it boil for another 2-3 min.


• Now remove the cooker from flame and remove excess water and mash it with the help of ladle.


• Now add the excess water and give a nice stir.


• Now lightly mash the remaing garlic pods.


• Now heat the kadai and cracle mustard seeds and add jeera.


• Now add Red chillies,lightly crashed garlic pods ,bay leaves  and fry until  the garlic pods lightly change the color.


• Now add this to the mashed dal  and immediately close the lid so that the flavour remains like that.


• At last give a nice stir.

Note:

• Add less amount of tamarind because we are adding red sorrel leaves.

 

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Instant Raagi Dosa.

This is my Monday favorite.Normally on Monday mornings i like to prepare very easy and fast making breakfasts.This is one of the variety which i prepare.

This is a very healthy breakfast because this raagi is very useful for health because it contains rich iron .

As we know less varieties of this flour.This is one of the easiest and healthy way to take this.

This will be very tasty with tomato and onion chutney.

[caption id="attachment_188" align="aligncenter" width="168"] Ragi dosa[/caption]

Ingredients:

• Raagi flour:1 cup.


• water: add sufficient.


• salt:adjust to taste.


• Chana dal: 1tbsp.


• Coriander leaves( chopped):1 tbsp.(optional).


• Curry leaves(chopped):1 tsp.


• cooking soda:1 pinch.

Procedure:

• Take the raagi flour into a vessel and add salt,Cooking  soda to it.


• Now add sufficient water to it and mix it thoroughly.It requires more water.


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  Make as thin dosa batter.

  
  


• Mix it properly without having lumps.


• Now add chana dal,coriander leaves,curry leaves and give a stir.


• Now heat the tawa and make sure that we should not do over heat .


• Now pour the batter as we pour the dosa batter .


• Add oil to the dosa and let it roast.


• Now change the dosa to other side and allow it to heat.


• Now remove the dosa from the tawa.

Note:

• It absorbs more water while making the batter.


• Give a stir before making every dosa.


• It will easily form lumps.so,mix it properly and make sure of not having the lumps


• It will take more time to roast.

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Simple Potato Fry

Ingredients:

• Potatoes:4 medium sized.


• Oil:2 tbsp.


• Onion: 1medium sized.


• Mustard seeds:1/2 tsp.


• jeera:1/2 tsp.


• Bay leaves:4-5.


• Coriander leaves(chopped):1 tbsp.


• Red chilli powder:1 tbsp.


• Green chillies(slit):2.


• Garam masala powder:1/2 tsp.


• Turmeric powder:1 or 2 pinches.

procedure:

• Wash the potatoes  cleanly and peel off the outer skin.


• Cut the potato into pieces of required size.


• Cut the onion into pieces.


• Heat the oil in a kadai and crackle the mustard seeds.


• Add jeera,onion pieces and fry until they turn into golden brown colour.


• Add bay leaves,turmeric powder,green chilllies and fry for another one minute.


• Now add potato pieces and close the lid and let it half boil  with low  flame.\


• Now remove the lid and add red chilli powder and stir once.


• Now allow it to boil completely on occasional stirring.


• Now add garam masala powder on top of it and stir to mix it.


• Now switch off the flame and add chopped coriander leaves.

 

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Kadai Dal

[caption id="attachment_192" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Kadai dal with chapati[/caption]

Ingredients:

• Toor dal: 1 cup.


• Tomatoes:2 medium sized.


• Onion:1 medium sized.


• Ginger garlic paste:1 tbsp.


• Mustard :1tsp.


• Cumin seeds:1 tsp.


• Turmeric powder:1 pinch.


• Curry leaves:4 -5.


• Coriander leaves(chopped):1 tbsp.


• Green chillies:3-4.


• salt:Adjust to taste.

Procedure:

• Clean the dal neatly and pressure cook it for 2-3 whistles.


• In the mean time cut the onion into small slices and tomatoes into small pieces.


• Slit the green chillies.


• Heat the oil in a kadai and cracle mustard seeds.


• Add jeera,green chillies and fry for few seconds.


• Add ginger garlic paste and fry for one minute.


• Add curry leaves,onion and fry until it turns golden brown.


• Add tomato pieces and saute well and add turmeric powder,salt and fry for one minute.


• Now add  cooked dal and fry give a nice stir.


• Now add coriander leaves for garnishing.


• Now the kadai dal is ready.


• This is the super combination for chapathi or roti.

Raw Mango Sambar.

[caption id="attachment_158" align="aligncenter" width="247"] SAMBAR[/caption]

Ingredients:

• Mango Pieces:1 cup.


• Toor dal :1/4 cup.


• Chana dal:2 tbsp.


• Green gram(Moong dal):2 tbsp.


• Onion:2 medium sized.


• Tomato:1 medium sized.


• Sambar powder: 2 tsp.


• Tamarind pulp:1 tbsp.


• Jaggery powder:3 tbsp.


• Red chilli Powder:1 tbsp.


• Salt:adjust to taste.


• Turmeric:2 pinches.


• Mustard seeds:1/4 tsp.


• Fenugreek seeds:1/4 tsp.


• Jeera :1/2 tsp.


• Hing:1 pinch.


• Red chillies:2.


• Bay leaves:4-5.


• Oil:2 tbsp.


• chopped coriander leaves:1 tbsp.

Procedure:

• Wash all the three kinds of dal and cut the tomato into pieces and pressure cook for three whistles by adding little amount of oil.


• Cut the onion into pieces.


• Allow the cooker to cool and mash the dal into fine paste.


• Heat the oil in a kadai and cracle mustard seeds,then add jeera,hing,red chillies,bay leaves and fry  for few seconds.


• Now add onion pieces and fry until they turn light brown color.


• Now add turmeric and add dal paste and fry for 2 min.


• Now add mango pieces,salt,and sufficient water ,tamarind pulp and allow it to boil.


• When the water starts boiling now add sambar powder and allow it to boil for another 6-7 min.


• Now add chopped coriander to it and switch off the flame.


• Now the tasty sambar is ready.


• This sambar is good for rice with papad.

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Okra(Ladies finger) curry

[caption id="attachment_123" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Okra curry-1[/caption]

Okras are very good for health.These are one of the favorite food for Indians.These have high fiber content and so many benefits are there by eating this okra.

From these okra we can prepare so many kinds of varieties like fry,curries,Now i am giving one of the variety of preparing curry.

Ingredients:

• Okra:1/4 kg.


• Onion:1 Medium sized.


• Tomatoes:2 Medium sized.


• Green chilies : 6-7.


• Curry leaves:3-4.


• Haldi(turmeric) :2 pinches.


• Salt:adjust to taste.


• Cumin seeds:1/2 tsp.


• Mustard seeds:1/2 tsp.


• Coriander leaves(chopped):2 tbsp.


• Methi leaves:3tbsp.


• Curd:4 tbsp.


• Oil:3 tbsp.


• Garlic pods:5-6.

Procedure:

• Wash the Okra(bendi) cleanly and wipe it off .


• Cut the Okra into pieces.


• Cut the onion,tomatoes,green chillies intp pieces.


• Heat the oil in a kadai.


• Now crackle the mustard and add cumin seeds.


• Now add onion pieces and fry for half a minute.


• Add turmeric powder,tomatoes,green chillies and fry until they are golden brown in color.


• Now add Okra pieces and salt and fry for few minutes.


• Now add little water and Methi leaves and close the lid.


• Allow them to cook.


• Hardly it will take 7-10 min to cook.


• Now open the lid and add curd,coriander leaves and give a stir.


• Now mash them into fine paste.

Note:

• For extra taste add seasoning with little amount of oil,mustard,cumin seeds.

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Idly Upma(From idly leftovers)

[caption id="attachment_139" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Idly upma[/caption]

Ingredients:

• Idli  :      5-6(large).


• oil   :     2 tbsp.


• mustard : 1/2 tsp.


• cumin seeds:1/2 tsp.


• Turmeric/haldi: 2 pinches.


• urad and chana dal:1 tsp.


• Green chillies:3


• Curry leaves:4-5.


• Coriander(chopped):1 tbsp.


• salt:adjust to taste.


• Lemon juice:1 tsp.

Procedure:

• Mash the idlis  into fine powder(or if u want into small pieces).


• Slit the green chillies into half.


• Heat the oil in a kadai.


• Cracle the mustard seeds and add cumin seeds.


• Add Urad and chana dal and fry until it turns light brown.


• Add green chillies,curry leaves,salt,haldi and fry for few seconds.


• Now add  the mashed idli powder and fry until it just heats.


• Add the lemon juice on top of it.


• Now turn off the stove and add chopped coriander.

Note:

• Only take the left over idlis(fresh).


• For evening snacks take the morning break fast idlis.


• While mashing the idlis if you feel it is so dry  add very little amount of water.


• Be careful while adding the salt because remember that we already added the salt while preparing the idlis.

 

 

 

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Gongura(Mesta) Chutney

[caption id="attachment_138" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Gongura chutney[/caption]

Ingredients:

• Gongura: 1cup.


• Green chillies:3 -4.


• Roasted groundnuts:1/4 cup.


• salt:adjust to taste.


• Garlic pods:3-4.


• Coriander(chopped):2 tbsp.


• onion:1 small sized.

Procedure:

• Dry roast the ground nuts and remove the skin.


• Cut the onion into small pieces.


• Remove only leaves of gongura ,clean and keep it aside.


• Boil the gongura and green chillies in a bowl in a sufficient water.


• After boiling drain the excess water and let it cool.


• Grind the ground nut seeds ,garlic pods and salt in a mixer.


• Now add boiled gongura leaves and green chillies and grind.


• Now take into clean bowl and add chopped coriander and onion pieces into it.

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Beans Fry

[caption id="attachment_124" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Beans Fry[/caption]

Ingredients:

• Beans:1/2 kg(prefer tender one).


• Onion:1 medium size.


• Grated coconut:2 tbsp.


• Fresh coriander leave(chopped)s:2 tbsp


• Curry Leave:7-8.


• Mustard seeds:1 tsp.


• Cumin seedss:1 tsp.


• Turmeric powder:1/2 tsp.


• Chana dal:1 tbsp.


• Green chillies:4-5.


• Salt:adjust to taste.


• Garlic:3 pods.


• Oil:2 tbsp.

Procedure:

• Clean the beans and cut it into required size(i prefer small size).so,it looks nice after cooking.


• Pressure cook the beans pieces and chana dal  with the sufficient water by adding the salt which is sufficient for only beans pieces for 2 -3 whistles .


• Grind tha green chillies,grated coconut,garlic pods into a fine powder.


• Now heat the oil in a frying pan and cracle the mustard seeds and then add jeera,curry leaves.


• Add Onion pieces and fry until it turns into light brown color.


• Add Ground mixture(Grren chillies,grated coconut,garlic pods) into the frying pan and fry until the garlic raw smell goes off.


• Now add boiled beans and chana dal and fry for 2 min and add required salt(if necessary).


• Finally garnish with chopped coriander leaves.

This will be good combination for chapatis,rotis and side dish for rice.

Note:

• Always remember that take the tender one to get the good taste.


• Don't over boil the beans.


• Be careful while adding the salt while boiling the beans.(don't add more).


• Add only the required quantity of salt which is sufficient to beans pieces.

I will be thankful if you comment below.

Your comments may be helpful for improving my recipe presentation.

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Radish Chutney

This chutney is easy to prepare and takes less time to prepare.It can be served with hot rice and ghee.

Ingredients:

Radish      : 2 medium sized(prefer tender )

Red chilies: 3

tamarind pulp: 1 tsp

Jaggery powder;1 tbsp

cumin seeds:1 tsp.

coconut powder:1tbsp.

salt:adjust to taste.

oil :   2 tbsp

Procedure:

• Wash the radish and cut into small pieces.


• Heat oil in a pan and add radish pieces and red chilies and fry until it turns light brown or fry it until the raw smell goes.


• Now grind the cumin seeds and redchillies  to a fine powder in a mixer and then add coconut powder and tamarind pulp  , jaggery powder,salt to a fine paste .


• Now add radish pieces and grind(Do not grind more).


• Take it into a clean bowl and garnish with coriander leaves.


• Now the finger licking chutney is ready.