Published: by Absolutely Recipes, in the Indian recipes category.

Gongura Pachadi Recipe.

Ingredients:

2 Cups red sorrel leaves or gongura tightly packed
1 large onion (cut to quarters)
3 to 4 green chilies
salt to taste
tempering for gongura chutney
2 tbsp oil
2 garlic cloves crushed
1/4 tsp mustard
1/4 tsp cumin or jeera
1 sprig curry leaves
1 red chili
4 to 8 majjiga mirapakayalu (curd chilies)
vadiyalu as needed (can use minapa (urad dal) or pesara (moong dal) vadiyalu)

Recipe Instructions:

Pick the leaves from the stalks and wash them 3 to 4 times in a large pot.
Drain them aside for at least 10 mins in a colander.
In a large bowl add leaves, onions, green chilies and 3 tbsp water.
Boil all these till the leaves are fully cooked.
After the leaves are cooked, if there is more water left, discard it or evaporate it by cooking for longer.
You can even steam cook them.
Once cool, grind all the cooked ingredients with salt.
Tempering gongura chutney
heat oil in a pan.
Deep fry majjiga mirchi set aside.
Deep fry vadiyalu set aside.
Remove excess oil and keep only a tsp of oil in the pan, add red chilies, mustard, cumin and garlic.
Once they splutter.
Off the heat.
Mix chutney with all the fried and tempered ingredients.
Serve gongura pachadi with hot rice and a spoon of ghee.

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