Dhondakai koora

Name: Dhondakai koora
Total time: 2400 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1/2 kg gerkins; 2 tbsp oil; 1 tsp jeera / cumin; 1 tsp mustard seeds; 1 red chilli; 1/4 inch ginger; 4 garlic cloves; 2 1/2 mounted tsps salt; 2 tsp chilli powder; 2 springs curry leaves; 1 tsp turmeric; 1/2 Coconut (dried/fresh); As needed- Coriander

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Note: Cutting the gerkin into even pieces is important. When taking slightly larger pieces which may take more time to cook, add the chilli powder a little later.
Instead of coconut, one can choose to use roasted and powdered sesame seeds.

Telugu Turtle @teluguturtle

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Ingredients

40 minutes

4 servings

1/2 kggerkins
2 tbspoil
1 tspjeera / cumin
1 tspmustard seeds
1red chilli
1/4 inchginger
4garlic cloves
2 1/2mounted tsps salt
2 tspchilli powder
2 springscurry leaves
1 tspturmeric
1/2Coconut (dried/fresh)
As needed- Coriander

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Steps

40 minutes

1

Cut gherkins into 8s.
2

Heat 2 tbsps oil in a pan.
3

Add gherkins, cumin, mustard seeds, red chilli. Mix. Cook for 10 minutes.
4

Make ginger garlic paste
5

Add salt. Wait for water to evaporate and oil to come out. Add ginger-garlic paste, curry leaf, turmeric. Cook for 3 minutes (until ginger-garlic aroma comes out)
6

Add chilli powder. Mix. Cook for 5 minutes (until gherkin is cooked.)
7

Take half a coconut (dried/fresh). Mixie it. Add after the gherkin is cooked. Cook for 10 minutes if fresh coconut and 2 minutes for dry coconut.
8

Cut coriander.
9

Add coriander for 2 minutes (can add with dried coconut but after fresh coconut).