Thotakura (Amaranth) Pulusu

Preparation of Thotakura Pulusu :

Thotakura Pulusu is an amazing dish that tastes tangy, spicy, sweet and a natural earthly flavor.Thotakura which is referred as Amaranth (in english) is a delicious green leafy vegetable related to spinach family and is used a lot in traditional Andhra cooking – stir fry’s, stews and dal. It blends very well with most of the vegetables and dals (lentils). Thotakura pulusu (stew) is a very simple and tasty dish spiced up with chillies and sweetened with jaggery. Pulusu is a clear broth (tamarind) cooked with vegetables and a spice is served as a side dish along with rice. Basic ingredients in such stew always stays same only the additional ingredients either vegetables or lentils keeps changing.

Thotakura is loaded with nutrition and packed with proteins. These leaves contain a very good source of vitamins including vitamin A, vitamin B6, vitamin C, riboflavin, and rich in dietary minerals and the stem contains a good amount of fiber. Amaranth is also known as Red spinach and Chinese spinach.

Lets see the preparation of this recipe

Preparation Time : 10 min

Cooking Time :25 min

Serves : 2

Good Combination : With Rice 

Ingredients

Thotakura - 1 cup

Tomato - 1 

Onion - 1

Green Chillies - 2

Rice Flour - 1 tsp

Water - 1/2 cup

Tamarind juice - 2 tsp

Jaggery - small piece

Turmeric - little

Salt as required

For Seasoning

Oil - 2 tsp

Mustard - 1/2 tsp

Cumin Seeds - 1/2 tsp

Red Chilli - 1

Hing - a pinch

fenugreek seeds - 1/4 tsp

Procedure

Wash and chop thotakura. Now boil it and keep aside.

Now chope tomatoes, Onions and green chillies into length wise. Take heavy bottomed vessel , add water to boil chopped vegetables along with jaggery, turmeric, tamarind juice and required salt.

Now add boiled Amarnath to the boiled vegetable mix. Cook for some time.

Take 1 tsp of rice flour and mix with 2 tsp of water without forming lumps and add this to the above thotakura mix. 

Now heat oil in seasoning pan. Add mustard seeds let them pop, add cumin seeds and fenugreek seeds. Then add broken red chilly pieces and finely hing.

Now add above seasoning to the thotakura stew.

Thotakura Stew is ready. Serve with hot rice.

Note : U can also change consistency of stew by increasing or decreasing water. But keep an eye on other ingredients taste while increasing or decreasing water. 

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