Ambadi Bhaji

How the years slip by! It has been a long time since I began this blog with a view to recording all the simple recipes for ghar ka khana in a Maharashtrian house. Along the way I set off down several different paths and now I find I still have a long way to go to complete that original task.
We have so many green leafy veggies which are so tasty. This is a recipe for Ambad bhaji ( Sorrel in English and Gongura in Telegu) which turns out just yum. Eaten with hot chapathis there is nothing quite like it.

Ingredients:
1 bunch ambad bhaji
20 cloves garlic chopped very fine
2 tbsp peanuts
1/2 tsp haldi
1/2 cup well cooked rice( not basmati or long grain rice)
1 tbp rice flour
2 tbsp oil
!/2 tsp mustard seeds
2 red chillies

Chop the bhaji. Cover with water and bring to the boil. Boil for 8 minutes. Pour off the water.Add 2 cups of water and the cooked rice. Cook till rice blends in completely. Keep adding water and stirring. Cook for at least 1/2 an hour.Now add the peanuts, haldi, mirchi powder, rice flour and salt. Cook for ten mintes more.
Heat up the oil and fry the garlic till golden brown,the red chillies and mustard seeds. Pour on top of the ambad bhaji and serve.