Recipe: Appetizing Gongura (Ambadi) pickle/chutney

Gongura (Ambadi) pickle/chutney. Gongura Pickle Ambadi Recipe, Achar, How To Make Gongura Pickle Ambadi Recipe. Gongura Pachadi or chutney is no doubt an Andhra Special dish. In olden days this used be one among other special dishes on any special occasions.

Here I am making instant chutney and did not dry the leaves and all the above would be followed in gongura pachadi/gongura pickle. Gongura pickle is one pickle that every Andhrite identifies as the essence of home food ! How to make Gongura Pickle Andhra Style: First clean the gongura or sorrel leaves and then wash nicely. You can cook Gongura (Ambadi) pickle/chutney using 16 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Gongura (Ambadi) pickle/chutney

1. You need of gingelly oil.
2. Prepare of mustard seeds.
3. You need of - heeng.
4. You need of cumin seeds.
5. Prepare of - coriander seeds.
6. Prepare of - Chana dal.
7. It's of urad dal.
8. You need of - daalia.
9. Prepare of - groundnuts.
10. You need of pieces-dried red chillies.
11. Prepare of pieces- small garlic cloves.
12. Prepare of medium size- diced onion.
13. It's of - gongura/ambadi/sorrel leaves (washed and pat dried).
14. It's of - turmeric.
15. You need of Salt.
16. You need of - tamarind paste.

Gongura pachadi recipe, a hot spicy and tangy chutney from andhra cuisine is made using red sorrel leaves. It is served with rice ! Once cool , transfer to a dry clean glass container. Delicious Gongura Pickle is ready to be served with hot rice.

Gongura (Ambadi) pickle/chutney instructions

1. Heat the oil in a pan and add everything in list of ingredients one after another mixing and sautéing leaving out gongura leaves..
2. Sauté till light brown and then add the leaves.. It will take less then a minute for leaves to shrink and change it's color.
3. Now, add turmeric, salt and tamarind paste and stir and mix well for a minute on medium flame. Set aside for it too cool completely..
4. Coarsely grind the ingredients using as lil water needed to churn..
5. And voila, Gongura/Ambadi/Sorrel Leaves chutney/pickle ready..

Serve it with hot rice and ghee / gingely oil. Gongura Pachadi (pickle) is a very popular & authentic dish in Andhra Cuisine. Its made of fresh Gongura leaves and spices. We can mix the Gongura pickle with rice or serve with curd rice or Idli / Dosa. Gongura Chutney or sorrel leaves chutney is a very popular dish of Andhra Pradesh.