Gongura Pulihora

Gongura or Sorrel leaves or Ambada is a great leafy vegetable which is used in so many different ways in Indian dishes. This dish is one of those versatile dishes. This is rice with sorrel leaves. This is sour rice and instead of tamarind juice or lemon juice or grated raw mango we used cooked ground sorrel leaves here and it is yummy

Gongura Pulihora (Rice with sour sorrel leaves)

Gongura Pulihora

Ingredients:

1. For Sorrel rice
   1. 2 cups rice cooked and set aside to cool
   2. 1 cup ground sorrel leaves paste
   3. 1 teaspoon each of salt, sugar, sesame seeds
   4. 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
   5. 2 tablespoons oil
   
   For tempering
   1.1 teaspoon each of cumin, mustard seeds, urad dal (black gram), chana dal
   2. 3 dried red chillies
   3. few curry leaves
   
   

   For Sorrel leaves paste
   1. In a pressure cooker cook the sorrel leaves with 1/2 teaspoon turmeric for 2 whistles and let cool.
   2. Grind to a fine paste
   
   For Sour Sorrel leaves rice
   In a pan heat the oil and fry chana dal, urad dal, cumin, mustard seeds and dried chilly till the seeds start to crackle. Add sesame seeds, turmeric salt, sugar and curry leaves and fry for a couple of more minutes. Add the sorrel leaves paste and cook for five minutes. Add the cooked rice and mix well. Cover and simmer for 5 minutes. Garnish with cilantro. Let it cool a bit and enjoy

1. Also try Sour rice with raw mango
2.              Sour rice with Tamarind