Gongura Pickle

Sorrel leaves are known as Gongura and this is a recipe for pickling them along with ingredients like urad dal and sesame seed.

Ingredients:

4 bunches of Gongura leaves, sepeareted, cleaned, and washed
3 tsp Sesame seeds,
3 tsp. Urad dal,
1 tsp. Fenugreek seeds, (methi dana)
1 tsp. Coriander seeds, (sabut dhania)
1 tsp. Cumin seeds, (jeera dana)
4-5 dry whole Red Chillies,
4 Green Chillies,
2 tbspn. Oil
Salt to taste
For Seasoning:-
Heat 1 tbspn. oil in a pan, when it gets hot put mustard seeds. When they splutter put 1/2 tspn. of chana dal and urad dal together and 1-2 dry red chillies. Let them become brown in colour. Then put off the stove.

How to make gongura pickle:

• Deep fry the gongura leaves and chilies.
• Grind them into a paste and keep aside.
• Now roast the all the whole seeds and whole red chilies, grind and mix it with the gongura leaves. Season with salt and a fry of mustard seeds. 

  
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