Authentic Gongura Pachadi

This is the authentic way of doing gongura pachadi. Made from fresh leaves from our backyard by my mom in September of this year.

Gongura Leaf


Ingredients
Gongura leaves washed

Dhania

Onion

Red chillies

Green chillies

Chana dal - 1 tea spoon

Urad dal - 1 tea spoon

Mustard seeds - 1/2 tea spoon

Jeera - 1/2 tea spoon

Oil

Salt to taste

Garlic cloves peeled chopped

Method of preparation

1) wash the gongura leaves and set aside
2) chop the onions into squares

3) Put some oil in kadai and let it get heated. Now add chopped garlic and after it turns light brown, set them aside from oil as shown in following photo.

4) Now in same oil add gongura leaves and let them cook. you will notice that the leaves become a mushy paste after sometime indicating that they are cooked. Put the paste aside from kadai.

5) Now add little oil for tadka and then add mustard seeds. after they start splutter add jeera, chana dal, urad dal, red chillies, green chillies, dhania also. Add salt sufficient for the whole chutney to this.

6) After they are a little done ( a minute or two), put all the tadka in the blender and make them into powder/paste.
7) After the above paste is done, now add the gongura to the blender and do not run for a long time. run it so that the gongura paste and the tadka mixes consitently.

8) Take a serving bowl add the gongura paste and chopped onions along with fried garlic. Mix them well and serve with white rice.

Note:

1) People who do not like garlic can avoid using garlic.

2) Another lazy way of doing it is first do the tadka and then add gongura leaves to it and put them all in the blender.

Gongura Rice

Its been long time that I actually posted something on my blog. I swtiched my job and was busy adjusting with new place. So here I am back with my recipes again. I was trying this second time last sunday. As my experimentation with gongura goes on, my love it is also increasing. :) Nice ha.... so lets see the simplest recipe of the gongura rice.

Ingredients
Gongura - 1-2 Bunches
Red Onions - 2 medium sized or 1 big size
Green chillies - Cut vertically 3-5 (depending upon the spicy level)
Coriander Powder - 1/2 - 1 table spoon (Optional)
Cumin Seeds - 1 table spoon
Oil
Salt to taste

Method of Preparation
1. Take a vessel, and add oil to it.

2. Add Jeera and Green chillies after the oil is heated.

3. Add onions and let it fry till golden.

4. Add Gongura and fry for less than a minute or so. Add Salt to it.

5. Add the cooked rice to the above. Serve hot with curd and any spicy curry.

Preparation time: 10 minutes (apart from rice cooking)
Category: Rice varieties

Terminology/Synonyms
Gongura = Sour Greens
Cumin Seeds = Jeera

Note:
Shall post some pictures soon.

Gongura Curry

Ingredients
Gongura Leaves - 1 or 2 Bunches
Onions – 1 big
Garlic - 3-4 in number
Cumin Seeds (Jeera) - 1 Table Spoon
Turmeric - a pinch
Oil - 3-5 Table Spoons
Salt to taste

Method of Preparation
1. Blanch the leaves of Gongura and clean them. Chop them if desired.

2. Take a kadai/vessel and put it on stove. Add oil to the kadai.

3. When the oil is heated, add the Jeera, Green chillies and Garlic. Let the garlic turn slightly golden color.



4. Add the Onions and fry them till they become transparent or light brown. Add the turmeric.



5. Add the gongura leaves and salt and cook for 2-3 minutes or until the gongura is cooked properly.

6. Gongura curry will be ready to serve.

Gongura Recipes

Hi folks.....

I was quite busy with parties and work so could not post any new recipes. But this time I am going to post recipes on Gongura (Sour Greens).

I made Gongura Dal(Pappu), Gongura Curry with Onions, Gongura Pulusu. Will post the recipes soon with pictures.. till then enjoy.

Gongura Leaves Blanched


Gongura Leaf