Method
- Pick gongura leaves from stalks, wash & drain in a collander
- Cook the leaves with salt & haldi (with minimum amount of water) till soft
- Mash it with a potato masher or grind it in a mixie for few sec and keep aside
- Boil ground nuts with a pinch of salt till tender, keep them aside
- Heat oil, add mustard seeds, methi seeds, hing, red chilli, jeera & curry patta leaves
- Fry for a min till the mustard seeds splutter
- Add chopped onion, green chilli pieces & garlic
- Fry till the onion turns soft.
- Add sorrel paste, red chilli powder, tamarind paste & boiled ground nuts
- Mix thoroughly & let it simmer for 2 to 3 min with lid, till the oil separates.
- Check salt & remove.
- Serve this curry with hot plain rice/dosa/idli (of course with some ghee)
Tip: If tender ground nuts are not available, you can soak dry nuts overnight and use.
Ingredients:
200 g - gongura leaves (sorrel)
1/2 cup - tender ground nuts (peanuts)
1 - medium size onion, chopped
10 - curry patta leaves
6 - garlic cloves, crushed lightly
a pinch methi seeds
2 - red chillies
1 tsp - red chilli powder
1/8 tsp - haldi
4 - green chillies, chopped
1/2 tsp - thick tamarind paste
1/2 tsp - jeera
1/2 tsp - mustard seeds
a pinch - hing
1 tbsp - oil
salt