
Pirandai Oorugai Recipe - Pirandai Pickle Recipe
A vegetarian South Indian Recipes recipe with pirandai - cleaned, dry red chillies, tablespoons tamarind paste. Ready in 27 min, serves 4.
Curated byAditi Iyer🇮🇳
- 1
To begin making the Pirandai Oorugai Recipe, firstly select tender pirandais, remove the leaves attached to it and rinse them well
pirandai - cleaned(1 cup) - 2
Peel the sides of the pirandai
pirandai - cleaned(1 cup) - 3
You can see the fibres (naar) and remove them using a small knife
- 4
Chop them into small pieces and they are ready to use
- 5
Heat the required oil in a heavy bottomed pan
- 6
Once the oil is hot, add pirandai, red chillies and tamarind
pirandai - cleaned(1 cup)dry red chillies(10)tablespoons tamarind paste(2) - 7
Cook for about 2 to 3 minutes
- 8
Once done, switch off the heat and keep it aside to cool down
- 9
Meanwhile, dry roast fenugreek seeds and mustard seeds in a pan for about a minute
mustard seeds(1 teaspoon)methi seeds (fenugreek seeds)(1 teaspoon) - 10
Switch off the heat, cool them down and crush coarsely using a mortar pestle
- 11
Once done add pirandai, red chillies, tamarind in a mixer grinder and grind them into paste
pirandai - cleaned(1 cup)dry red chillies(10)tablespoons tamarind paste(2) - 12
Heat oil in a heavy bottomed pan
- 13
Add the paste, asafoetida, salt, mix well and cook the Pirandai Oorugai on low heat for about 8 to 10 minutes
pirandai - cleaned(1 cup)tablespoons tamarind paste(2)saltasafoetida (hing)(1/2 teaspoon) - 14
After 8 to 10 minutes, add fenugreek mustard seeds powder to the Pirandai Oorugai and mix everything properly
pirandai - cleaned(1 cup)mustard seeds(1 teaspoon)methi seeds (fenugreek seeds)(1 teaspoon) - 15
Cook the Pirandai Oorugai on low heat for another 4 minutes
pirandai - cleaned(1 cup) - 16
Switch off the heat, let the Pirandai Oorugai to cool
pirandai - cleaned(1 cup) - 17
Store the Pirandai Oorugai in airtight container
pirandai - cleaned(1 cup) - 18
Serve Pirandai Oorugai along with Steamed Rice, Mixed Vegetable Sambar and Chow Chow Thoran for a weekday meal
pirandai - cleaned(1 cup)
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Pirandai Oorugai Recipe - Pirandai Pickle Recipe
A vegetarian South Indian Recipes recipe with pirandai - cleaned, dry red chillies, tablespoons tamarind paste. Ready in 27 min, serves 4.
Curated byAditi Iyer🇮🇳
Directions
18 steps- 1
To begin making the Pirandai Oorugai Recipe, firstly select tender pirandais, remove the leaves attached to it and rinse them well
pirandai - cleaned(1 cup) - 2
Peel the sides of the pirandai
pirandai - cleaned(1 cup) - 3
You can see the fibres (naar) and remove them using a small knife
- 4
Chop them into small pieces and they are ready to use
- 5
Heat the required oil in a heavy bottomed pan
- 6
Once the oil is hot, add pirandai, red chillies and tamarind
pirandai - cleaned(1 cup)dry red chillies(10)tablespoons tamarind paste(2) - 7
Cook for about 2 to 3 minutes
- 8
Once done, switch off the heat and keep it aside to cool down
- 9
Meanwhile, dry roast fenugreek seeds and mustard seeds in a pan for about a minute
mustard seeds(1 teaspoon)methi seeds (fenugreek seeds)(1 teaspoon) - 10
Switch off the heat, cool them down and crush coarsely using a mortar pestle
- 11
Once done add pirandai, red chillies, tamarind in a mixer grinder and grind them into paste
pirandai - cleaned(1 cup)dry red chillies(10)tablespoons tamarind paste(2) - 12
Heat oil in a heavy bottomed pan
- 13
Add the paste, asafoetida, salt, mix well and cook the Pirandai Oorugai on low heat for about 8 to 10 minutes
pirandai - cleaned(1 cup)tablespoons tamarind paste(2)saltasafoetida (hing)(1/2 teaspoon) - 14
After 8 to 10 minutes, add fenugreek mustard seeds powder to the Pirandai Oorugai and mix everything properly
pirandai - cleaned(1 cup)mustard seeds(1 teaspoon)methi seeds (fenugreek seeds)(1 teaspoon) - 15
Cook the Pirandai Oorugai on low heat for another 4 minutes
pirandai - cleaned(1 cup) - 16
Switch off the heat, let the Pirandai Oorugai to cool
pirandai - cleaned(1 cup) - 17
Store the Pirandai Oorugai in airtight container
pirandai - cleaned(1 cup) - 18
Serve Pirandai Oorugai along with Steamed Rice, Mixed Vegetable Sambar and Chow Chow Thoran for a weekday meal
pirandai - cleaned(1 cup)
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A vegetarian South Indian Recipes recipe with pirandai - cleaned, dry red chillies, tablespoons tamarind paste. Ready in 27 min, serves 4.
Nutrition Facts
Per serving (4 servings)
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