Tuesday 12 May 2009

Gongura/Puntikura/Ambaadi/Sorrel Channa dal Curry

Ingredients:-
Gongura/Sorrel 1 bunch
Channa dal 1/2 cup
Green chillies 5
Onions 1
Turmeric powder 1/4tsp
Red chilly powder 1 tbsp

Seasoning:-
Rai few
Cumin sees few
Red chilly (whole) 2

How to make it:-

* Soak channa dal for 3-4 hours.
*Clean Gongura and chop it.
*Cook channa dal until half cooked.
*Mix chopped onions,slitted green chillies,turmeric powder and gongura.
*Cook till gongura is fully cooked.
*Mash the leaves and add salt.Mash carefully so that channa dal doesn't get mashed up.
*Do the seasoning with rai,cumin seeds and red chilly.

26 comments:

Prathibha said...

Love the tangyness of gongura,lovely curry

Lena Rashmin Raj said...

delicious...nice snap :).im tryin to send comment for more than 15min..i think sm error s der..

srikars kitchen said...

wow.. nice entry.. looks really yummy..

Happy Cook said...

Delicious and comforting dal.

Kitchen Flavours said...

I can't see the picture....Amabada and chana dal combo sounds new to me.....

rekhas kitchen said...

my most fav.looks so delicious hummm still i didn't get gongura yum yum yummy

Suparna said...

Hey varunavi,
never made gongura at home i love it though. this combo looks very tasty, I've tasted gongura tokku in andhra restaurants. Nice snaps
TC

Pooja said...

Lucky you varunavi..Meeku fresh greens baga dorukuthayi anukunta..Curry pulla ga chala baguntundi kada..Looking yummy and tempting..

Pooja said...

Looks delicious. But what is Gongura?

Sujatha said...

Love gongura in any form! this looks so good..

and I like your bittergourd fry too.. looking scrumptious..

bindiya said...

The dal looks pretty good, and healthy too!

ARUNA said...

i feel like having it with hot hot rice!!!

Vanamala Hebbar said...

i like gongura dishes...but here i wont get :(..nice recipe

Manju said...

ive always had gongura in the pickle only..never tried it otherwise..this looks lovely!!

Poornima Nair said...

Great dish...I love the tangy taste of gongura leaves.

Sailaja Damodaran said...

we hardly get gongura in USA....must try when available

Priya said...

Have heard about gongura pachadi but as curry with channadal is really new to me..looks great!

Ramya Vijaykumar said...

Wow Gongura and Channa looks very delectable, simple to make but finally the dish looks very yummy!!!

anudivya said...

The combination of Gongura and channa dal must taste so great! I love this.

Varunavi said...

Thanx to all, u all have made my day :)

Chitra said...

i make gongure thogayal, this is new to me..have bookmarked it:)

Ramya said...

yum Gongura I love it combo of chanadal sounds great.

Valarmathi Sanjeev said...

Love gongura. Looks delicious.

sowmya's creative saga said...

good one...looks delciious..

Pavithra said...

Lovely egg curry ..And the color and the texture really tempting me .

Mahimaa's kitchen said...

wow looks mouthwatering.

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