Gonkura Pachadi

Ingredients

• • Gonkura leaves - 2 cups
• • Tamarind water - 1 tablespoon
• • Salt - as required
• • Oil - 2 tablespoons
• • Onions (small, peeled) - 12
• • Onion (big, diced) - 1
• • Sugar - as required
• • Mustard seeds - ½ teaspoon
• • Asafoetidas - a pinch

Ingredients For Frying In Oil And Powder

• • Red chillies - 25
• • Coriander seeds - 1 tablespoon
• • Urad dal - 1 ½ teaspoons
• • Sesame seeds - ¾ teaspoon
• • Cumin seeds - a pinch

Method

• 1. Select gonkura which has red stem.
• 2. Pluck the leaves alone and wash well.
• 3. Heat 1 Tablespoon of oil in a deep frying pan and fry the leaves till it shrinks.
• 4. Add little water and close with a lid while cooking.
• 5. Stir in between when complete moisture is absorbed remove from fire.
• 6. Add the soaked tamarind in this and allow the mixture to cool.
• 7. Using a pestle pound the cooked leaves, salt, little sugar (to taste) powdered ingredients and pound well till everything blends well.
• 8. Add chopped big onion pieces and crush coarsely.
• 9. Mix peeled small onion and take it in a vessel, with little washed water.
• 10. Heat rest of the oil, season with mustard and pour on top of pachadi with little powdered asafoetida. Mix well.
• 11. Serve with hot cooked rice and ghee.