Ingredients
Chicken – 600 g, cut into bite sized pieces,
Medium Onion – 2, chopped fine,
Green chillies – 10 (4 slit vertically),
Red Chilli powder – 1.5 tsp,
Cumin powder – 1/2 tsp,
Dhania powder – 1 tsp,
Garlic flakes – 1 tsp,
Haldi – 1/4 tsp,
Tender Gongura ( sorrel) leaves, picked and cleaned – 150 g,
Chopped Coriander leaves – 1/2 tbsp,
Oil – 3 tbsp,
Salt.
How to Make Gongura Chicken Curry :
Cook gongura (sorrel leaves) along with 6 green chillies, 1/4 tsp of salt and minimum quantity of water for about 5 minutes.
Grind the cooked leaves to a fine paste and keep it aside.
Heat oil in a vessel and fry onion pieces along with vertically slit green chillies till the onion pieces turn golden brown.
Add cumin powder, dhania powder, garlic flakes and haldi and fry for a minute.
Add chicken pieces, red chilli powder and required amount of salt. Mix well and cover the vessel.
Let it simmer for 6 to 8 minutes or till the chicken pieces become soft. If necessary, sprinkle some water.
Add gongura paste, mix well and let it simmer for 1 to 2 minutes or till the oil separates.
Sprinkle chopped coriander leaves. Check salt.
Serve this curry with plain rice/ puri/ chapatti/ fried rice.