PALAKURA (spinach or palak)PULUSU OR BROTH:

Pre &cooking time -in vessel-30mts
in cooker -20mts
Serves- 3 to 4 persons
Cuisine -Andhra


Ingredients:

palakura -2 or 3 cups tightly packed(with out stalks)
water -1/2 cup
green chillies -5 or 6 finely chopped
onion -1large finely chopped
red chilli powder -1/2 tsp
pachisenaga pappu or chana dal or bengal gram -1tbsp
Tamarind - 2 grapes size
salt -enough
oil -2 or 3 tbsp
curry leaves -3 or 4


How to make:

1.First heat one pan add oil when oil heats add chana dal,onion,curry leaves ,green chillies saute them for 1 min then add palak,red chilli powder and cook them in cooker or vessel then keep aside.

2.Serve with hot white rice or roti.

CHAMADUMPALA PULUSU OR ARUM BROTH:

How to make:

pre - 20 mts ,cooking time -1/2 hr

Serves 3-4 persons

Cuisine: Andhra


Ingredients:

Boiled arum (chamadumpalu)-1/2kg(pressure cook in 2cups of water for 15 mts)

Onion -2(large)thinely sliced

Tomato ketchup - 2 tsp

Tamarind -1/4cup(soak in 1cup of water ,strain & retain the extract )

Salt -salt to taste

Masala red chilli powder -1tbsp

Oil -1/4 cup

Slit green chillis -4

Tomatoes -3 finely chopped

Water -1cup

1.Heat oil in one pan add onion, green chillis, tomatoes,sauté it for 2mts.

2.Then add chamadumpalu , salt ,masala red chilli powder,tomato ketchup, water,tamarind extract.

3.Cook it for 15 mts wth cover . Stir curry during cooking.

4.once oil rises top,turn off the flame. Serve hot with hot white rice or muddapappu annam with ghee.

{NOTE: cook chamadumpala pulusu on high heat first then reduce heat}