Gongura / sour greens leafy vegetable

This is one of the konkan's traditional  sour leafy vegetable named Ambadi. We made this vegetable with Indian bread called Bhakri!

• Ingredients: 
• Gongura leaves two cups
• Tuvar  dal ( arhar dal / yellow lentils) 1/4 cup,
• Rice 1/4 cup,
• Garlic cloves 10
• Dry red chilies 5
• Jaggery 1 teaspoon
• Oil 2 tablespoons
• Dried stuffed green chilies powder 1 teaspoon
•  Hing 1/4 teaspoon
• Red chilly powder 1/2 teaspoon
• Turmeric powder 1/2 teaspoon
• Mustard seeds 1/4 teaspoon
• Salt 1 teaspoon
• Fenugreek seeds 1/4 teaspoon
• Procedure:
• Wash  and chop gongura leaves finely, add half cup water and cook in a pressure cooker for ten minutes.
• Wash tuwar dal and rice.  Cook for 15 minutes adding double water. Cook both separately.
• Peel garlic cloves.
• Cut dry red chilies into small pieces.
• Heat  1 tablespoon oil in a pan.
• Add stuffed green chilies, fry them and keep aside.
• Crush them in a mixer jar.
• Add mustard seeds, once they crackle add fenugreek seeds.
• Add hing powder, turmeric powder. Stir well.
• Remove water from gongura leaves and keep aside.
• Add cooked leaves , rice and tuwar dal.
• Add jaggery, salt to taste and red chilly powder.
• Add crushed stuffed chilly powder.
• Stir well.
• Use sour water if required which we keep aside.
• Cook for 5 minutes on low flame.
• Heat small pan.
• Add one table spoon oil.
• Fry garlic cloves and dry red chilies on low flame.
• Remove flame and add pinch of red chilly powder.
• Pour tempering over vegetable !
• Serve with hot Bhakri!!
• Enjoy Cooking!!
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