Pirandai Oorugai Recipe - Pirandai Pickle Recipe
Pirandai or Adamant Creeper is a medicinal plant that helps in gastric disorders and has numerous health benefits. Pirandai Oorugai is a great recipe to make because of its health benefits and can be served along with the meals as a side dish.
Ingredients
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1 cup Pirandai
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cleaned
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10 Dry Red Chillies
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2 tablespoons Tamarind Paste
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4 tablespoons Sesame (Gingelly) Oil
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1 teaspoon Mustard seeds (Rai/ Kadugu)
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1 teaspoon Methi Seeds (Fenugreek Seeds)
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Salt
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1/2 teaspoon Asafoetida (hing)
Instructions
Step 1
To begin making the Pirandai Oorugai Recipe, firstly select tender pirandais, remove the leaves attached to it and rinse them well
Step 2
Peel the sides of the pirandai
Step 3
You can see the fibres (naar) and remove them using a small knife
Step 4
Chop them into small pieces and they are ready to use
Step 5
Heat the required oil in a heavy bottomed pan
Step 6
Once the oil is hot, add pirandai, red chillies and tamarind
Step 7
Cook for about 2 to 3 minutes
Step 8
Once done, switch off the heat and keep it aside to cool down
Step 9
Meanwhile, dry roast fenugreek seeds and mustard seeds in a pan for about a minute
Step 10
Switch off the heat, cool them down and crush coarsely using a mortar pestle
Step 11
Once done add pirandai, red chillies, tamarind in a mixer grinder and grind them into paste
Step 12
Heat oil in a heavy bottomed pan
Step 13
Add the paste, asafoetida, salt, mix well and cook the Pirandai Oorugai on low heat for about 8 to 10 minutes
Step 14
After 8 to 10 minutes, add fenugreek mustard seeds powder to the Pirandai Oorugai and mix everything properly
Step 15
Cook the Pirandai Oorugai on low heat for another 4 minutes
Step 16
Switch off the heat, let the Pirandai Oorugai to cool
Step 17
Store the Pirandai Oorugai in airtight container
Step 18
Serve Pirandai Oorugai along with Steamed Rice, Mixed Vegetable Sambar and Chow Chow Thoran for a weekday meal