ANDHRA VANTALU

GONGURA PACHADI
Ingredients:

Gongura leaves- about 4 cups
a handfull of peanuts
dry red chilles- 5
tamarind juice - 1tsp (adjust depending upon how tangy the gongura is)
onion- 1/4th
Tempering/ Talimpu:

oil- 1tsp
mustard seeds- 1/2 tsp
chanadal, urad dal, cumin seeds- 1/4th tsp each
few curry leaves
dry red chille-1
pinch of hing
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.

Procedure:

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.

Finally add the tempering and enjoy the pachadi with hot rice and some ghee.