Gongura a(Red sorrel leaves, Telugu: గోంగూర), or the Roselle Pulusu

Ingredients

• Gongura (Red sorrel leaves)     1bundle
• Noolu Gunda( Sesame)           4 tbs (given below)
• Turmeric powder 
• Salt to taste
• Garlic cloves                           4
• Green chillis                            2
• Mustard seeds                        1/2 tsp
• Cumin seeds                           1/4 tsp
• Oil                                          1 tsp

Procedure:

1. Pick leaves from the stems of gongura and wash.
2. Cook it with 2 cups water for five minutes.
3. Drain water (If white gongura leaves are used, keep the drained water separately)
4. Grind the cooked gongura.
5. Heat oil in  a cooking vessel and seasoning with garlic, cumin, mustard and green chillis
6. Add grinded gongura, salt and turmeric powder. Mix well and add 1 cup of water.  
7. (If white gongura leaves are used, the water kept separately drained from the cooked gongura be used)
8. Cook for five minutes, add noolu gunda, mix well and remove from stove.
9. Serve with rice or roti. 

Noolu Gunda( Sesame) 


Ingredients: 

• Sesame            : 1 cup
• Red  chillis        : 3
• Salt to taste

Procedure:

1. Take a dry pan and heat red chilli until the colour changes a little.
2. Add Sesame seeds and again fry till the sesame becomes brown.
3. Add salt and grind coursely in a mixi.
4. Serve with hot rice with ghee.