PALAKURA PULUSU
INGREDIENTS
- Baby Palak / Spinach - 1 pack
- Chana dal - 2 cups
- Tamarind puree - 2 tsp
- Salt - 2 1/2 tsp
- Redchillipowder - 2 tsp
- Turmeric - a pinch of it
- Garlic pods - 3 nos
- Oil - 1 tbsp
- Curry leaves - 10 nos
- Water - 3 cups
- Bottle gourd - 10 pieces
- Greenchillies - 4 -5 nos
- Besan - 2 tbsp
PREPARATION
- Wash chana dal and add 3 cups of water to it.
- Wash baby spinach as it is and and strain away excess water.
- Cut Bottle gourd and add a few pieces and green chillies to the dal and also add spinach to it .
- Pressure cook for 3 whistles.
- Now put tadka also include chopped garlic pods in tadka only and fry to golden red. Add the salt , redchilli powder and turmeric to the cooked dal along with tamarind puree .
- Add the cooked dal to the tadka and mix well add curry leaves .
- Take 2 tbsp of besan and add mix it to a cup of water. Pour it on the pulusu and mix well .
- Cook for 5 min and put off from flame.
- Serve hot with rice or chapathi ..
Note : Ingredients mentioned serves for 6 people . So pls reduce the quantities as required by you .
neeharika responds:
Posted: November 12th, 2007 at 5:12 pm →
hi lakshmi
how r u?
i want to try palakura pulusu. In the ingredients u mentioned garlic pods,but u didn’t mention when to add garlic pods.i guess garlic pods should be added to the tadka right?
be seeing the picture i figured it out. let me know the details
Lakshmi Pamidimukkala responds:
Posted: November 12th, 2007 at 5:17 pm →
Hi Neeharika ,
I m good how r u ? I had missed it out as it was to be included in tadka. U got it right .Thats it !!!
I think it shud be easy for you now.Please try out and let me know.
neeharika responds:
Posted: November 12th, 2007 at 5:45 pm →
hi lakshmi
i am good.thanks for your clarification. my mom used to make this with toor dal.
i will try this today and let u know the details.
neeharika responds:
Posted: November 13th, 2007 at 3:36 pm →
hi lakshmi
i tried palakura recipe yesterday.it is very tasty.
but i got one doubt.should we cook chana dal until it becomes soft? i pressure cooked chana dal for 3 whistles as u mentioned.but it is not that soft. so let me know the details
Lakshmi Pamidimukkala responds:
Posted: November 13th, 2007 at 3:41 pm →
Yeah Neeharika , It should be half cooked . Depends on our taste basically , if want we can make it soft also .