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Tuesday, January 3, 2017

Gongura Rice / Red sorrel leaves ric

I always made chutney, pickle or dal with these red sorrel leaves. We love the taste of them but craving for something different. So, I shallow fried these leaves, made paste and mixed with rice. It tasted awesome, kids loved it.
This dish is a quick weeknight dinner, it also works for lunch boxes.


Preparation Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Serves : 2-3

Ingredients:

Rice : 2 cups
Gongura/ Red Sorrel leaves : 3 cups (10 small bunches)
Green chilies: 8 chopped
Hing : 1/4 teaspoon
Turmeric: 1/2 teaspoon
Curry leaves: 2 sprigs
Salt to taste

For Tempering:
Chana dal : 1 tablespoon
Urad dal : 1 tablespoon
Jeera /Cumin seeds : 1 teaspoon
Mustard seeds/Aavalu : 1 teaspoon

Method:

Cook rice with 4 cups of water, fluff with a fork and keep aside.
Heat oil in a pan add sorrel leaves and 6 green chilies and fry for 3 minutes until the leaves are cooked. Turn off the stove and let them cool.
Take the leaves and green chilies in a blender and make a paste. (Do not add water)
Heat oil in the same pan and all ingredients listed under for Tempering. Fry them for 2 minutes until the seeds splatter and dal is golden brown.
Add curry leaves, sorrel leaves paste, hing and turmeric. Mix well.
Add rice and salt to the pan. Mix well and fry for 2 minutes.
Turn off the stove and serve gongura rice immediately with some curd.


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14 comments:

  1. God Mouthwatering Gongura rice Amara my favorite I can enjoy this any time..

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  2. Drooling here, my favourite gongura rice, its been a while i had this rice.

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  3. We make something similar too..very inviting!

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  4. Nice and tangy rice,it's been in my to do list so long..

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  5. I've tried using these leaves instead of tamarind in tamarind rice. Very flavorful.

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  6. I have yet to taste this green, but the rice looks tempting and flavorful.

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  7. That's a nice and flavorful rice Amara :)

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  8. I make the same dish more like a pulihora with some peanuts and some more dals. One of my favorite dish with gongura.

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  9. One of my favorite rice dish. Looks wonderful!

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  10. MMm looks yum. we get the green one occasionally never the red. Must try the girls will love it.

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  11. Never cooked with sorrel leaves. Rice looks delicious.

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