Gongura Pachadi is a popular Andhra pickle made with red sorrel leaves, dry red chili and peanuts.
Andhra pradesh, my home state is very popular for eating hot and spicy food. Coming to pickles, the most populous one’s are aavakaaya (mango pickle) and gongura pachadi (red sorrel leaves chutney). In Andhra, we make lot of instant pickles which are supposed to be consumed in two to three days. These types of pachadi’s can be made either with vegetables, greens or dal’s.
Today I want to share with you Gongura pachadi, one of the most famous pachadi’s of all times. My mom makes this pachadi in three different ways. One with green chili, one with dry chili and urad dal and the other with dry chili and peanuts. The one I am posting today is with the peanuts.
This beautiful picture was taken in one of our dear friend’s house. They have planted this gongura plant, which has grown beautifully in their backyard. I was lucky enough to pick the fresh leaves and make the pachadi.
Gongura Pachadi
Gongura Pachadi is a popular Andhra pickle made with red sorrel leaves, dry red chili and peanuts.
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Servings: 4
Ingredients
- 4 heaping cups gongura leaves
- 2 tablespoons peanuts
- 5 dry red chili
- ½ cup red onion
- 3 teaspoons oil
Tempering
- 2 teaspoons oil
- ½ teaspoon mustard seeds
- ½ teaspoon chana dal
- ½ teaspoon urad dal
- ¼ teaspoon cumin seeds
- 1 dry red chili
- 1 pinch asafatedia
Instructions
- In a pan put a teaspoon of oil and fry the peanuts till light brown. Remove and keep it on the side. In the same pan add the dry chille and fry. Remove, now add two teaspoons of oil and the gongura leaves with little bit of salt. cook in low heat till gongura becomes soft. Let cool.
- In a mixer grind the peanuts and red chille coarsely. Now add the gongura, some salt, tamarind juice and very little water. Grind till its smooth. Now add some chopped onion and grind it just one more time. You should still be able to see some chunks of onion.
- For tempering – In a pan put the oil, once hot add the mustard. Once the mustard starts to dance, add the other ingredients and fry till light brown.
- Finally add the tempering and enjoy the pachadi with hot rice and some ghee.
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Sai Padma priya
Gongura pachhadi,vedi vedi annam,mariyu nuvvula nune/ghee tho thinte..aha mathi pothundhi..chhhaaala baundhi meery chesina gongura pachhadi.
Sai Padma Priya
Arthy Suman
I used to have a lot of dishes with gongura in mom’s place here we hardly see it…looks very appetizing…
Vimitha Anand
Love the flavor of gongurra. Nice pachadi
Ramya Krishnamurthy
yummy pachadi:)
kausers kitchen
Yummy chutney.