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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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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