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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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.

 

Please leave the comments below to improvise my blog.

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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.

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.

Your valuable comments will help me in improving my recipes.

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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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Spicy Upma

 

 

Ingredients:

• sooji(regular)/upma ravva:1 cup.


• Bay leaves:8


• Mustard seeds:1/2 tsp.


• urad dal(split):1 tsp.


• chana dal:1 tsp.


• turmeric powder:a pinch.


• salt:adjust to taste.


• Garam masala powder:1/2 tsp.


• Red chilli powder:1/2 tsp.


• Fresh coconut(grated):2 tbsp.


• lemon:1


• coriander:2 tbsp.


• Ginger garlic paste:1 tsp.


• Green chillies:4(slit).


• Onion:1(medium sized).


• Carrot:1(finely chopped).


• Tamotoes:2(medium sized).


• oil:2 tbsp.


• Ghee:2 tbsp.


• Water:3 cups.

Note:

• Ginger garlic paste is optional.you can use only ginger pieces which is finely chopped into very small pieces.

Procedure:

• Roast the ravva(Dry roast) until it turns golden brown color or otherwise until nice aroma occurs.


• Heat oil in a kadai and cracle mustard seeds and then fry urad dal and chana dal until they turn golden brown.


• Now add bay leaves,green chillies,ginger garlic paste(or)thin ginger pieces as you prefer and fry for half a minute.


• Now add thin sliced onionsuntil they turn golden brown color.


• Now add chopped carrot and tomato pieces(cut the tomato into very small pieces) and cook until the tomato turns into pulp.


• Add red chilli powder,turmeric,garam masala and cook for one minute.


• Now add water and cover the lid and let it boil.


• Add the salt,ghee and add sooji slowly by continuously stirring(so no lumps aer formed) the water in kadai.


• Cover it and cook it in low flame for 5 minutes until it is cooked.


• Now turn off the flame


• Add chopped coriander,lemon juice and give mix it nicely.

Sweet corn sweet Fritters

[caption id="attachment_81" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Fritters[/caption]

Ingredients:

• Sweet corn:250 gm.


• Jaggery:       150 gm.


• A pinch of cardamom powder.


• Oil:Take the quantity to deep fry.

Procedure:

• Take the sweet corn,jaggery,cardamom powder and grind it in a mixer until it become smooth.


• Heat the oil in a kadai.


• Take that ground batter and make it into small pieces as the gulab jamoon into the round shape or make it into the shape of fritter on the banana leaf.


• Now check whether the oil is heated.(we can check this by dropping the small amount of batter into the oil,if it comes  slowly up then the oil is ready to fry)


• Now fry all the fritters in the oil until it turn to the golden brown color.


• Now the crispy sweet fritters are ready.