Gongura/Sour Greens/Roselle is a kind of leafy vegetable, thats famous for its delicious sour taste in the southern part of India. After much waiting, my very own gongura plants in my backyard veggie garden have started to yield enough leaves to use them in a curry.
So, I made this over a weekend when we had a few of my husband's friends from college visiting us with their families after a long long time .. The best compliment from one of them was - "reminds.. me of India.. very much.. can I have more please?!".. Everyone liked it so much, I had to make it again the next day too ..
Ingredients:
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3 lbs - Mutton (Goat/Lamb)
2 cups of Fresh Gongura Leaves (I got mine from my little backyard veggie garden - check out the pics in the side frame)
Onions (finely chopped)
3 cloves
For marinade:
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Ginger garlic paste
Chilli powder
Turmeric
Lime juice
Process:
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Marinate the mutton in all of the ingredients (mentioned above for marination). Let it marinade for a couple of hours.
In the pressure cooker,add some oil, add the cloves, onions and saute until the onions are golden brown. Add the mutton, and cover with lid and let it cook until it sounds 5 whistles. In a separate pan, add a tsp of oil and saute the gongura leaves until they become like a mushy paste. After the mutton is done, add salt and the gongura paste and mix well. Add salt, adjust chilli powder and add garam masala powder.
Serve hot with Rice, Chapathi. Enjoy..
This recipe has been submitted to the Grow You Own 2008 Event hosted by Jugalbandi. This event was originally started by Andrea @ Andreas Recipes.
Also submitted it to the Curry Mela Event being hosted by Srivalli @ Cooking For All Seasons.
This recipe goes to the SWC - AndhraPradesh Event hosted by Hari Priya Reddy@Indian Hut.
Please follow the links for more info.
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Ingredients:
------------
3 lbs - Mutton (Goat/Lamb)
2 cups of Fresh Gongura Leaves (I got mine from my little backyard veggie garden - check out the pics in the side frame)
Onions (finely chopped)
3 cloves
For marinade:
-------------
Ginger garlic paste
Chilli powder
Turmeric
Lime juice
Process:
----------
Marinate the mutton in all of the ingredients (mentioned above for marination). Let it marinade for a couple of hours.
In the pressure cooker,add some oil, add the cloves, onions and saute until the onions are golden brown. Add the mutton, and cover with lid and let it cook until it sounds 5 whistles. In a separate pan, add a tsp of oil and saute the gongura leaves until they become like a mushy paste. After the mutton is done, add salt and the gongura paste and mix well. Add salt, adjust chilli powder and add garam masala powder.
Serve hot with Rice, Chapathi. Enjoy..
This recipe has been submitted to the Grow You Own 2008 Event hosted by Jugalbandi. This event was originally started by Andrea @ Andreas Recipes.
Also submitted it to the Curry Mela Event being hosted by Srivalli @ Cooking For All Seasons.
This recipe goes to the SWC - AndhraPradesh Event hosted by Hari Priya Reddy@Indian Hut.
Please follow the links for more info.
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Mona : Oh.. I dint know that.One more term into my urdu vocab. Thanks. Its very easy to grow it.. pretty much no maintenance. I planted it in the backyard. But I gave some seeds to one of my friends to try in a pot and there are doing pretty well. The seeds take only about 5-7 days to germinate. You water regularly, have good sunlight. Initially you may have to wait a little while before you can pluck the leaves probably 3-4 weeks and the plant grow a bit. After that pluck whenver there are more leaves. The more you pluck the more it will make.. Good luck :)And have fun.. !
This is the second time I read about Gondura leaves today. I wish I had a chance to try... It is great yu have them fresh and available. Home-grown thingies ROCK!
I am happy to discover your blog. I came here through Jugalbandi, as I am featuring their blog in this month´s Tried And Tasted, I hope you are participating.
Andrea: Thanks so much. This is such a fun event. Thanks for starting it. I wish I could send in more entries. I had to pick one out of all my veggies :) I am growing Okra, Eggplant, Green Peppers, Ridged Gourd, Bottle Gourd, Bitter Gourd, Gongura, Tomatoes ..and it was hard to settle with one. If you are interested, you can buy the seeds from here. They seem to be sold out for this season.. but you can try next year probably :)
http://www.seedsofindia.com/shop/index_auto.php?shop=1&itemid=72
http://nalabhima.blogspot.com/2008/10/blog-post_29.html