Majjiga Pulusu ( Buttermilk Stew)

Ingredients:

Yogurt - 1 cup
Bottle gourd
Onion - 1 small
Spinach - 1/2 cup
Tomato - 1 small
Egg Plant - 2 number ( optional)
Okra - 2 number ( optional)
Turmeric
Water
Oil - 1 tsp

For making Masala

Chana Dal - 1 tbsp
Raw Rice - 1/2 tbsp
Mustard seeds - 1/2 tbsp
Ginger - small piece
Green chilli - 3 number
Red Chilli dry - 2 number

For Tampering:

Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
Hing
Curry Leaves

Procedure:

Cut all Veggies and add water and half cook all the veggies except tomato, with little salt and turmeric. Drain the water and set aside.



In blender put all the ingredients for masala and make into a fine paste.



In a separate bowl, add yogurt,water and make into thick butter milk. Add the grounded masala paste, turmeric to the buttermilk,mix well and set aside.


Put a vessel on stove, add Oil, when it is hot add mustard seeds, when they crackle add curry leaves, hing and fry for 10 sec then add tomato and cook for 2 min then add half cooked veggies and fry for 5 min.




Now add Buttermilk, adjust salt and cook till all veggies are well cooked on medium flame.



Finally add chopped coriander and switch off the stove.




Serve Hot with Rice.

Note:

If you want you can thicken the Pulusu, Take little water, add 1 tsp of rice flour, mix it with out any lumps, add this to pulusu and cook for another 5 min.