Chukkakura pachadi
Andhra style pachadi or chutney recipe with chukka kura or Khatta palak.
Servings 4 - 5
Ingredients
- 1.5 cups chopped chukkakura
- ¼ cup sesame seeds
- 1 tablespoon urad dal
- 1 medium-sized onion
- ½ teaspoon cumin seeds
- ¼ teaspoon methi seeds
- ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder
- 3 green chili
- 5 garlic cloves
- 1 tablespoon coconut oil or any cooking oil
- Pinch of hing
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- Roughly chop chukkakura (Katta palak) leaves and onion and keep them aside.
- Take a pan and add 1 tablespoon of oil.
- Add 1 tablespoon urad dal and let it fry till it turns golden brown.
- Now add cumin seeds and methi seeds and let them fry for a minute.
- Add chopped green chili and fry for a couple of more minutes.
- Add a pinch of hing and mix well.
- Now take these ingredients, garlic, and salt into a mortar pestle,
- To the same pan, add chopped leafy greens, turmeric powder and cook it for 3 - 4 minutes.
- Leaves will be cooked and wilted like this.
- Make a rough paste of urad dal mixture in the mortar pestle like this.
- Add ¼ cup roasted sesame seeds to the mortar pestle.
- Make a rough paste of everything. You can use a mixer grinder but make sure you won't make a smooth paste.
- To this rough mixture, add wilted greens and crush the leaves so that everything is mixed.
- Now add roughly chopped onions and crush them slightly. The chutney is now ready to serve!