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Gongurra Pappu / Gongurra Dal

March 26, 2012 By Radhika 24 Comments

Gongurra dal

 

Gongurra known as Pulichcha Keerai in tamil and as Sorrel leaves in English happens to be very rich in Iron and including it at least once a week in our daily diet is very good for our health. This recipe is my Amma’s which she learned when she settled in Andhra after her marriage. I love to have this with hot steaming rice for lunch. There actually happens to be two varieties when it comes to Gongurra. One is with green stems and the other one is with deep red stem. Make sure that you choose the latter as it is much more tastier and cooks faster too especially when you are making this thokku. This recipe is very simple and easy to make yet very delicious.

 

 

Gongurra Pappu / Gongurra Dal

You’ll need:

Gongurra / Pulichcha Keerai / Sorrel Leaves – 1 bunch

Moong dal / Paasi paruppu – 1/2 cup

Green Chilies – 10

Shallots / Sambar onions – 10

Garlic pods – 2 to 3

Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp

Salt – to taste

For the Seasoning:

Mustard seeds – 1 tsp

Cumin seeds – 1/2 tsp

Whole dry red chilli – 3

Coriander seeds – 1 tsp

Oil – 1 tbsp

 

 

Method:

Pick, clean and wash the gongurra leaves. In a pressure cooker, place the gongurra leaves, moong dal, green chillies, shallots, turmeric powder, salt and garlic pods along with a cup of water. Pressure cook for 3-4 whistles or until the dal turns soft, tender and easily mashable between your fingers.

 

 

If you have a Kalchatti like the one showed in the picture above, transfer the contents of the pressure cooker into the kalchatti.

 

Do the seasoning / tadka by heating a pan with oil. Add mustard seeds, when they splutter add cumin seeds, coriander seeds, dry red chilli and saute till they change color and gets well roasted. Pour the seasoning or the tadka to the cooked mixture in the kalchatti and mash well with the wooden pappu gutthi. In case you do not happen to have one like the above one, you can also do this in a blender.

 

The consistency should be smooth. You should not be able to make out either the leaves or the dal. The seasoning should have blended well with the dal and gongurra. Transfer to a serving bowl.

 

How to serve: Pour a ladle of this gongurra pappu over hot steaming rice to which a dash of ghee has been added. Mix well and enjoy with pappads or with this spicy hot Potato Fry.

 

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Notes:

 

  • You can also use toor dal instead of moong dal. Replace regular onions with shallots if you don’t have at hand.

 

  • As the sorrel leaves happens to be a bit sour you might need to add to add more chillies but adjust according to your spice requirement.

 

  • You may leave out the whole coriander seeds while doing the seasoning.

 

  • Normally greens will require less salt. So before pressure cooking add less salt. You can always check the salt while mashing and adjust.

 

This is off to Let’s Cook – Greens and Gimme Green

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Comments

  1. Sangeetha Nambi

    March 26, 2012 at 3:30 pm

    Wow ! its tempting me……

    Reply
  2. Shobha

    March 26, 2012 at 3:36 pm

    I love this dal with gongura..eat a lot of it when I visit mom’s place every year.
    Also the gongura pachadi tastes yum.

    Reply
  3. faseela

    March 26, 2012 at 3:39 pm

    healthy daal recipe…yummy

    Reply
  4. Prathibha

    March 26, 2012 at 4:13 pm

    This is my fav daal…love the tangy touch of this green

    Reply
  5. Hema

    March 26, 2012 at 4:43 pm

    Superb, very tempting clicks, love keerai when it is mashed in this chatti..

    Reply
  6. Hamaree Rasoi

    March 26, 2012 at 6:01 pm

    Nice and comfort dal, new to me

    Deepa
    Hamaree Rasoi

    Reply
  7. Priti

    March 26, 2012 at 6:30 pm

    Love anythign with gongurra …this looks so gud ..nice pics

    Reply
  8. What's Baking??

    March 26, 2012 at 7:32 pm

    Looks good..love the color.

    Reply
  9. The Yogi Vegetarian

    March 26, 2012 at 9:29 pm

    This looks so healthy and tasty! I wonder what it would be like with whole green mung? Thanks for the info about sorrel; I must try it sometime. btw there is an award on my blog for you; you can stop by and pick it up from 10:00 (BST) on Thursday.

    Reply
  10. Suja Manoj

    March 26, 2012 at 10:34 pm

    Lovely clicks,nice curry,will surely try this.

    Reply
  11. Rosh

    March 26, 2012 at 11:10 pm

    Awesome version of dal. I love gongura pickle so Im sure this is very flavorful! Thanks for liking this with Gimme Green 🙂

    Reply
  12. radha

    March 26, 2012 at 11:47 pm

    This dal is delicious and has a flavour that is unique.

    Reply
  13. Vidhya

    March 27, 2012 at 12:16 am

    Delicious and healthy.

    Reply
  14. Nitha

    March 27, 2012 at 12:17 am

    Love gongura.. should try this combo too…

    Reply
  15. Kalyani

    March 27, 2012 at 6:11 am

    simple and delicious dal ……..

    Reply
  16. Follow foodie

    March 27, 2012 at 7:11 am

    Lovely Clicks and so yummy!
    http://followfoodie.blogspot.com/

    Reply
  17. Lavanya

    March 27, 2012 at 10:08 am

    First time on ur space. Glad to follow u. Nice clicks out there. Do visit my blog when you get time 🙂
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  18. Kaveri

    March 27, 2012 at 2:33 pm

    Perfect with a bowl of steaming hot white rice and a dollop of ghee…

    Reply
  19. anthony stemke

    March 27, 2012 at 6:48 pm

    This sorrel dal looks very delicious. I’ve never eaten sorrel but will look for it now.
    I’m not a vegetarian but I love vegetables.
    Although I own an Indian pressure cooker (Manttra) it doesn’t whistle. 3-4 whistles I think is about 10 minutes.
    I see you have a mirliton (chayote)kootu too, I see wonderful new (to me at least) recipes.
    Thank You.

    Reply
  20. Kanan

    March 27, 2012 at 9:28 pm

    dal looks delicious. I love the sour taste

    Reply
  21. Asmita

    March 28, 2012 at 4:37 am

    Love this recipe for dal. Looks delicious!

    Reply
  22. Hari Chandana

    March 28, 2012 at 12:35 pm

    Woww.. Lovely and tangy dal.. looks super delicious.. thanks for sharing dear 🙂
    Indian Cuisine

    Reply
  23. the mad

    April 1, 2012 at 7:39 pm

    Radhika when I googled for sorrel leaves images and we can safely say I ma a bit confused. for the images include the four leafed clover kind of plant which is sour. Pulichcha means sour right? Is this some kind of sour palak that we get?

    The dal is awesome and I would like to make it.

    Reply
  24. lagrasshopper

    April 27, 2016 at 8:29 am

    Just made this for dinner tonight. It was wonderful. We will make it again and again. A good use for our garden sorrel.

    Reply

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