Hello Everyone,

This is Mythreyi Vattikuti from Yum! Yum! Yum! Food Blog. I am ‘small town girl’ from a small town called Tenali, in coastal area of Andhra Pradesh. I grew most of my childhood in coastal Andhra. Since I was a kid I used like cooking and started my cooking journey with Mixed Fruit Jam. Slowly as I grew up that liking towards cooking became Passion and one fine day I have started drafting my recipes ( for my reference and my next generations) that resulted in Yum! Yum! Yum! Food blog, Now I take it to next level by creating a Yum! Yum! Yum! Recipes You Tube Channel.

Though i have spent my childhood in Tenali, I made most of lifetime memories in college days in Hyderabad, that’s how I got introduced to Hyderabadi Recipes. I used to live in a room with friends means we had a lot of fun ‘Bachelor Cooking’.

Now I am happily married to my Husband Vj and mom of two young and little soldiers ( Abhi and Anvi), living in Frisco (DFW Area) in States. By choice I am a Software Engineer and Scrum Master at Work, but a Whole Hearted Cook that serves Yummy Food to her Family at Home.

Coming to my contribution at ACP, my main focus is going to be Cooking and bringing Yum Yum Yum Recipes to your table. Though I am not a strict vegetarian, most of my recipes are Vegetable based. Making simple and quick recipes with Healthy Ingredients is my specialty. As I am busy working mom, you will get several Rush Time recipes and Kid’s Lunch Box Ideas as well.

Though I am in States from the past 12 years, I love our Culture and Tradition, I still celebrate Telugu Festivals without a miss and most of the times with full-fledged ‘Vindu Bhojanam‘.  At this space, I will bring Andhra Dishes and some more fusion recipes that I make with Western Vegetables that are twisted in Andhra Style.  I hope you will enjoy the recipes and you can always request for a recipe if you have some cravings!

Andhra ante Aaavakaya, mari Guntur ante Gongura.…! Slurp…! makes my mouth water already… so Here I bring Gongura Pachadi for today as my first post that matches with the summer season also! Enjoy!

Ingredients:
Gongura Leaves – 1 bunch ( 2 cup of Leaves)
Green Chili – 3
Oil – 1 Tbsp
salt – 1 tsp
Coriander Seeds – 1/2 tsp
Garlic Cloves – 3
Chopped Onion – 2 Tbsp ( optional)

Taalimpu:
Oil – 1 Tbsp
Red Chili – 1
Chana Dal – 1 tsp
Urad Dal – 1 tsp
Curry leaves – 8
Mustard Seeds – 1/2 tsp
Crushed Corinander Seeds – 1/2 tsp

Method:

1. Pluck the Gongura Leaves from stem and wash them under luke warm water. Heat 1 Tbsp oil in heavy bottom vessel ( I have used my nonstick soup pot).
2. Add Green Chili and Gongura Leaves. Keep it n medium and let it simmer for 5 min. You will notice the Gongura Leaves becomes soft and you will get sour smell.
3. Add Garlic and Coriander Seeds and simmer for 2 more min. All the water will be gone and leaves mixture will be dry and soft. Switch off the stove and let it cool completely.
4. Grind this mixture in small mixie jar along with salt ( while grinding). You don’t have to add any water. Pulsing for few times is enough.
5. Heat 1 Tbsp of Oil in non-stick pan. Once the oil is hot add Red Chili, Chana Dal, Urad dal, wait until the lentil turn golden color, then add Mustard Seeds, Curry Leaves and crushed coriander Seeds.
6. Add the Gongura Mixture to the pan and stir along with Tempering. Finally add the chopped onions to the mixture and switch off the stove.

Transfer this to a bowl and serve with hot white Rice and Hmmmm, taste slurpyyy superbbb! You can serve this with Vegetable Pulao or Biryani to make it a special combination.

For the Detail Recipe and some Tips you can Check out here: Gongura Pachadi

Hope you have enjoyed knowing about me in my first post,

will be back with more Andhra Recipes soon!

-Mythreyi

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