Monday, February 1, 2010

మెంతి మజ్జిగ / Menthi majjiga

Preperation time: 10 mins
Serves: 4

Ingredients

2 cups buttermilk
1 tbsp chopped coriander leaves
salt

For talimpu / tadka:

1/2 tbsp oil
pinch of hing / inguva
1 tsp mustard seeds
1/2 tsp″ jeera
1 tbsp urad & chana dal
1/3 tsp″ turmeric
pinch of menthi podi / methi powder
4-5 curry leaves
2 green chillis chopped
1″ ginger finely chopped


Method

Add chopped coriander, little turmeric and salt to the buttermilk and keep aside.
Heat little oil in a pan on medium flame, add mustard seeds, jeera and dals. Once they crackle, add chopped ginger, green chillies , curry leaves and turmeric. After a min, add hing, methi powder and remove from fire&add it to the buttermilk..
Serve with plain rice or with dal.


Note: You can replace jeera with vaamu/ ajwain. Also, can add crushed methi seeds if you dont have methi powder.
Majjiga pulusu needs more time for preparation and so I prefer menthi majjiga in most cases. Its equally yummy!

6 comments:

  1. this photo is making me hungry...
    aa menthi pulusu recipe kooda petta raadu!!

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  2. Krishnanji has ordered me to prepare this for our dinner today!

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  3. I am making this for dinner right now and I realised it doesnt specify quantities of ingredients!

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  4. I have added the quantities...sorry for that

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  5. I can vouch for this recipe!!! I made it for dinner yesterday, I made it in late afternoon while on a break from studying, and we had it for dinner.... O my God it was sooo yummm, I think it got nicely marinated in the two three hours before we ate it, the ginger/chillies etc flavours had all permeated evenly... initially it was bitter (i put too much methi powder since I didnt know quantities), but by the time we ate, that bitterness totally disappeared, probably because of some kind of marination! It is no less than majjiga pulusu. Infact, better than majjiga pulusu because it takes no effort! And Krishnanji was remembering life in Gudimalkapur! :-)
    I dont know how much this blog is benefiting others, but its certainly benefiting me, I learnt perfect mudda pappu, and now such an easy quick great dish!!

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