AVA PETTINA -MUKKALA MAJJIGA PULUSU

AVAPETTINA-MUKKALU VESINA MAJJIGA PULUSU

Butter milk is also made in another variety of majjiga pulusu,where as here we add chopped bhendi and bottle gourd vegetables..This will be very tasty wih hot steamed rice.Its a special of coastal andhra region..

Materials:

Butter milk 4 glasses

Besan powder 2 to 3 tbsp

Tamarind paste 1/2 tsp

Salt

Chopped bhendi(large pieces) 1 cup

Chopped bottle gourd 1 cup

Green chillies 6 nos



Seasoning:

Oil 1 1/2 tbsp

Mustard seeds 1 tsp

Jeera 1/2 tsp

Methi seeds a pinch

Red mirchi 3 to 4 nos..slits

Curry leaves

Kothmeer



Ava mixture:

1Mustard seeds 1 tsp

Red chilli 1 no

Make in to paste in small jar of the

grinder by adding 1 tbsp of water..



Method:

Place the chopped bhendi and bottle gourd pieces,green chilli slits in a pan,add tamarind paste and 1 glass of water,and keep for boiling on the stove.Meanwhile prepare the seasoning with oil, mustard and methi seeds along with redchilli slits seperately in another pan,and add in to the pan where the chopped vegetables are boiling in tamarind water.Also add curry leaves and some kothmeer,in the meanwhile mix butter milk along with besan powder and keep aside..After the vegetables are cooked,add besan mixed butter milk to it.

Add salt and let it boil in low flame or else if it is in high flame it may spill over..After the butter milk is boiled for 10 to 15 min in low flame ,switch off the stove and add the prepared ava mixture to the majjiga pulusu..Beware if ava is added without switching off the stove ,directly for boiling it will turn bitter,so only add it after it is switched off.

Totally it will take more than half an hour to cook this dish,but it is yummy..Garnish with kothmeer..