This recipe provides instructions for making Pulicha Keerai or Gongura Thogayal, a South Indian dish made from gongura leaves. The key ingredients are a handful of gongura leaves, green chilies, sesame oil, mustard seeds, urad dal, red chili, curry leaves, asafetida, shallots and coconut chips. The gongura leaves and chilies are washed, drained and moistened with salt and water. The oil is tempered with spices and shallots are sauteed until transparent. Finally, the cooked ingredients are ground to a smooth paste to serve with rice, idli or dosa.
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Gongura thogayal
1. Chef Ashokkumar
Pulicha Keerai or Gongura Thogayal
Ingredients
Handful Bunch of Gongura leaves
5 nos Green chillies
To temper & saute
30 ml Sesame oil Or cooking oil
3 gms Mustard seeds
5 gms Urad dal
1 nos Dry Red chili
1 nos Slit Green chili
A sprig of Curry leaves
A generous pinch of Asafetida
50 gms Peeled whole Shallots
10 gms Coconut Chips
Procedure
Wash the gongura leaves,drain the water,Add green chili,salt and Moist it in little
warm water.
In a pan temper with some oil and splutter mustard seeds, urad dal, Asafoetida
curry leaves,coconut ,red chili & green chili, whole peeled shallots and sauté till
transparent.
Grind the cooked mixture to a smooth paste.
Serve it with rice or idli or dosa….