Friday, January 22, 2010

Majjiga Pulusu/ Perugu Charu (Seasoned Buttermilk)

Here is a very simple  and tasty recipe. Instead of serving plain yoghurt in a get together or a party, try this, you will be receiving many compliments with very little effort of preparing this dish. It is very good for digestion too...
Ingredients:
Yoghurt – 2 cups
Water – 1 ½ cup
Salt to taste
Onion – 1 small
Garlic pods -3 crushed
Green chillies – 2 to 3
Red chillies -3
Oil – 1 tsp
Urid dal – 1 tsp
Chana dal – ½ tsp
Mustard seeds – ¼ tsp
Cumin seeds – ¼ tsp
Hing/asafetida – 1 pinch
Curry leaves
Coriander leaves
Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
Preparation:
Cut the onions into small cubes.
Prepare the buttermilk by adding the water to the well beaten yoghurt and add salt.
Now for seasoning, heat oil in a pan and add the mustard and cumin seeds. Once they start to crackle, add the urid and chana dals and fry till brown.
Add the garlic and slit green & red chillies, sauté for 30 sec and add the curry leaves, hing and turmeric powder and fry for another 30 secs.
Add the onion pieces and fry till transparent and add the seasoning to the buttermilk.
Stir in the chopped coriander leaves and serve with rice.

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