Gongura Pickle / Thokku Red Sorrell Chutney

While in Bangalore, we used to get different type of greens and so I grew up eating a wide variety of them. Bangalore like other cities in India is a heaven when it comes to greens and you can find them at vegetable shop, street vendors, and vendors selling them on cycles.   But then, I don’t recall eating these Red sorrel leaves (called as Gongura in Telugu).Over the years here in US, I have come to understand that Gongura is quite a tradition in Andhra. Be it the chutney, pickle, rice, daal it is well loved and relished. Friends and…

Kesar Phirni

Hope you are having a great start to the New Year with all resolutions intact. Also hope you had a great weekend. We had a fun and relaxing weekend with a potluck dinner at a friends’ place. With great food, chatter and laughter it was a good way to re-charge the ‘batteries’ and gear up for the hectic week ahead.  I had prepared this Kheer during the beginning of the New Year. Even though the weather is awesome for January, it has been cloudy on days. As a result I could not take some good pictures, depicting the actual color…