మజ్జిగ పులుసు: Majjiga Pulusu- Buttermilk soup stew with vegetables

INGREDIENTS:

1. Yogurt.....................2 cups

2. Bottle Gourd..............................1/2 piece

3. Drumstic........................................2

4. Salt.........................................as required

5. Turmeric.....................................1/4 t sp.

6. Red Chilly......................................1

7. Few Curry leaves...........................few.

8. Cilantro.......................................for garnishing.

FOR MASALA :

1. Bengal Gram Dal.................................2 t sp.

2. Rice Grains............................................1 t sp.

3. Coriander Seeds....................................1 t sp.

4. Cumin Seeds...........................................1 t sp.

5. Mustard Seeds.........................................2 t s

6. Red Chilly..................................................2 or 3

7. Fresh Coconut.............................................3 tbl sp.

8. Green chilly...............................................4 or 5.

9. Garlic...........................................................3 cloves.

10. Ginger piece.

METHOD: 

1. Cut veg. into medium size pieces. cut drumstics into 3'' long.

2. Cook them with little salt. keep aside.

3. Soak 1 to 6 all masala items in minimum water for one hr.

4. Take yogurt in a big vessel, put 2 cups of water and make butter milk using beater. See the consistency not too thin nor too thick. After masala added and coked it gets thick any way. you must keep this in mind. So you can do according your liking.

5. Grind the soaked items adding 7 to 10 items also. It should be very smooth.

6. Now mix this ground paste into the butter milk. Again churn it nicely.There must not be any lumps.

7. Keeping it on medium heat, Boil it slowly, stirring continuously in the beginning. Other wise it gets curdled. later you must do in intervals because it suddenly comes up, and over flows. that should be taken care of. Add salt as per taste.

8. Now add veg. which was cooked and kept ready.

9. Bring one or two Boils. take out off the stove, because Curd should not be heated long.

10. For seasoning, keep small pan, put 1 t sp. ghee. when it is hot add cut red chilly pieces also 

curry leaves. Pour this hot one in the ready Majjiga Pulusu.

Note: When we use Garlic , no need of putting Asafoetida in the seasoning.

ఉండల మజ్జిగ పులుసు: Undala majjiga pulusu- Lentil balls in butter-milk stew

INGREDIENTS:

Serving for 4 persons(8 balls)

For Balls/vundalu:
1/3 cup chana dal/bengalgram dal/senaagapappu
1/3 cup toor dal/kandi pappu
3 to 5 red chillies/yendu mirapakayalu
Salt to taste
1/2 tsp jeera/jeelakarra/cuminseeds
1/2 tsp asafitodia/heeng/inguva

For gravy
1 ltr Butter milk/majjiga
Salt to taste

For paste:
11/2 tbs senagapappu/chanadal/bengalgram dal
1/2 tsp jeelakarra/jeera/cuminseeds
1/2 tsp avalu/mustard seeds/raayi
6 green chillies/pacchi mirpakayalu
1 inch long ginger/allam/
2 tbs coconut powder/kobbari turumu (fresh or dry coconut)

SEASONING:
1tsp oil/nune
1/2 tsp Avalu/mustard deeds
1/2 tsp jeelakarra/jeera/cumin seeds


METHOD:
1. Soak dals for balls and soak gravy items separately for one hour.
2. Grind soaked dalls, red chillies ,salt,jeera and heeng together and make dough.
(with out adding water)and make medium sized balls and keep aside.
3.Now grind all ingredients to make smooth paste for gravy.
4.Take thick bottom vessel add 1ltr butter milk and mix with paste.
5.Add salt and turmeric and let it boil.
6. When it comes to boil drop one ball in it.
7. After a minute add another and continue like that for all the balls.
8.Boil them for 5 minutes.
9. Heat oil in a small pan and add seasoning when it splutters add to the pulusu.
and serve.


This goes with rice. First, take one ball and smash it and mix with rice then
add gravy to it and mix well and eat.

సొరకాయ మజ్జిగ పులుసు: Sorakaaya majjiga pulusu- Bottle gourd yogurt gravy

Ingredients
2 cups bottle gourd(sorakaya/kaddu) diced into pieces
1 cup Yogurt
2 cups water
1 tbsp chana dal/senaga pappu
t tsp cumin seeds/jeera
1 tbsp fresh kobbari/grated coconut
2 chillies
1 inch ginger
1/4 tsp turmeric
cilantro

Tadka/Seasoning/Thiragamatha
1 tsp mustard seeds/aavalu
1 tsp cumin seeds/jeera
pinch of hing/inguva
curry leaves/karivepaku
1 tsp oil

Preparation/ Thayarucheyatam
1. Soak chana dal for 1 hour and grind them along with ginger,grated coconut,green chillies by adding liitle amount of water to make a fine paste.
2. Add 1 cup water and boil the bottle gourd pieces.
3. Mix 1 cup of water to 1 cup of yogurt and beat well.
4. Add the ground paste,turmeric ,boiled bottlegourd pieces to majjiga/buttermilk and mix well.
5. Transfer buttermilk mixture into a deep pan and cook on low flame. Add salt and mix well.
6. Heat 1 tsp of oil in a pan, add mustard seeds,once they splutter add cumin seeds, hing, curry leaves and remove from fire and pour into the majjiga pulusu
7. Garnish with cilantro

Variations: Instead of bottle gourd/sorakaaya you can use pumpkin/gummadikaaya or drumstick/munakkayaa or seema vankaaya.