Gongura Chicken Recipe Andhra Style
Gongura Chicken Recipe is one of the popular Andhra special recipes especially served in Guntur and Vijayawada restaurants. It is one of the tangy and spicy recipes made by adding red sorrel leaves. Learn how to make this recipe with step by step image instructions along with tips and a Video.
When it comes to non-vegetarian especially chicken recipes we always focus on adding a blend of spices to enhance its flavour. Have you ever imagined adding leafy vegetables with chicken especially tangy leaves? Yes, it enhances the flavour and enriches the recipe with loads of iron.
In the Guntur and Vijayawada districts of Andhra Pradesh, people love to eat gongura (red sorrel leaves) so they make special dishes like gongura niluva pachadi, gongura pulusu, gongura pappu and gongura boti. When you learn the art of balancing sourness with dal, chicken or mutton they give amazing taste.
It is a good idea to check the taste of the recipe when it’s about to finish. If you feel it’s tangy then we can balance its taste by adding poppy seed or cashew paste. This pate not only balances sourness but also gives you creamy gravy.
Tips to make perfect Gongura Chicken Recipe:
- Using Kashmiri red chilli powder gives you eye compelling spicy recipe
- Slice red sorrel leaves into small pieces so that it cooks faster.
- Add sorrel leaves only when chicken is semi-cooked or else it takes time to cook because of sourness present in leaves.
- Sometimes red sorrel leaves taste sour than expected and make the whole recipe sour in such a situation we can reduce its sourness by adding a pinch of soda.
- If you love to have creamy gravy, we can even add poppy seed paste which not only elevates flavour but also balances sourness.
- Based on the number of sorrel leaves and their sourness we adjust tomatoes.
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Gongura Chicken Recipe Andhra Style
Gongura Chicken Recipe is one of the popular Andhra special recipes especially served in Guntur and Vijayawada restaurants. It is one of the tangy and spicy recipes made by adding red sorrel leaves.
Ingredients
- Chicken – 1 ½ kg
- Gongura/ red sorrel leaves – 1 bowl
- Oil – 5 tbsp.
- Cinnamon sticks – 4 No.
- Cloves – 8 No.
- Green cardamoms – 4 No.
- Cumin seeds – ½ tbsp.
- Bay leaves – 2 No.
- Onions – 1 bowl
- Green chillies – 5 No.
- Ginger garlic paste – 2 tbsp.
- Tomatoes – 1 bowl
- Turmeric powder – ¾ tbsp.
- Kashmiri red chilli powder – 2 ½ tbsp.
- Salt – 2 ½ tbsp.
- Coriander powder – 1 tbsp.
Instructions
- In a thick bottom, aluminium vessel add little oil and put cinnamon sticks, green cardamoms, bay leaves, cloves and cumin seeds.
- Add sliced onions and saute for a while and add slit green chillies.
- Put ginger garlic paste and saute for a period. Add tomatoes and mix.
- Sprinkle red chilli powder, turmeric powder and salt as per taste and mix.
- Once tomatoes turn soft add chicken and cook for 10 minutes on low flame with lid covered.
- Meanwhile, slice red sorrel leaves and put them in semi-cooked chicken pieces.
- Mix well and cook for 10-15 minutes with lid covered till chicken completely cooks.
- At the end sprinkle coriander powder and serve gongura chicken recipe.
Recipe Video
How to make Gongura Chicken Recipe:
1. Heat oil in a thick bottom vessel, add cinnamon sticks, cloves and green cardamoms.
2. Add cumin seeds, bay leaves, onions and saute for a while.
3. Put slit green chillies and add ginger garlic paste. Saute for a while till its raw flavour is cooked.
4. Add sliced tomatoes, turmeric powder, Kashmiri red chilli powder and salt. Mix well.
5. Cook for a while till tomatoes turn soft and then add cleaned chicken.
6. Mix and cook for 10 minutes with lid covered till chicken turns soft.
7. Add sliced red sorrel leaves after chicken releases water and semi cooks.
8. Mix and cook for 15 more minutes with the lid covered.
9. Sprinkle coriander powder over gongura chicken recipe and serve hot.
