Goungra | Gongura pickle/Pachadi-How to make-Step by step photos & video

Cuisine Style: Andhra, south india | Cooking Time: 15 minutes | To Serve: 4 | Take with: Rice, Pappadam | Type: Lunch Gravy

Ingredients

• Gongura leaves[Pulicha keerai, sorrel leaves]- 1 Bunch
• Sambar Onion (Small) - 10 nos
• Bengal gram - 1 tsp
• Urad Dall - 1 tsp
• Dry Red Chilies - 6
• Fenugreek - 2 tbs
• Gingelly Oil - 25 ml
• Salt to taste
• Thalippu Vadagam (Optional)

Preparation

• Peel off small onion. (Don’t cut into pieces, keep it whole)
• Cut and clean Gongura leaves. Boil with Sambar Onion for 4 minutes. Smash and keep it aside.
• Dry roast fenugreek and grind to powder.
• In a heavy pan pour Gingelly oil and put mustard seed, Urad Dall, Bengal gram and allow it for spluttering.
• Put Red chilies and Thalippu Vadagam and fry for 1 minute.
• Sprinkle half of fenugreek powder then add boiled Gongura.
• Mix well and add the remaining fenugreek powder (This way we retain the flavor of fenugreek).
• Remove from flame and smash altogether.
• Pour some more Gingelly oil.
• Serve with steamed rice or chapatti.

Note

• You can keep this Goungra Chutney up to 24 hours without refrigeration.
  

Tip

• You can do it without boiling the Goungra.

How this Goungra recipe is Unique?

• Boiling of Goungra reduce the sour effect by 25% and gives you the new taste of Goungra.

How to make Gongura video

How to make Gongura-Stepwise pictures

Pluck gongura from stems

Wash

Add gongura leaves

Add sambar onion

Add water

Mix well, cook till soft

Boiling

Now its ready, cut off heat, drain excess water

Add in Stone mortar, mash well

Now its ready, keep it aside

Dry roast fenugreek seeds[Vendhyam] till light brown

Now its ready

Put roasted fenugreek in a stone mortar, coarsely grind

Freshly ground fenugreek powder ready

Heat sesame oil, add mustard, chana dal, urad dal, dry red chilli & curry leaves, fry

Add Asafetida & Fenugreek powder saute for a min

Add onion vadam[thalippu vadagam], saute

Add freshly ground gongura onion mixture

Add salt, let it boil for 3 min

Gongura is ready, cut off heat

Pulicha keerai pickle ready, serve hot with rice

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