Majjiga Charu

Majjiga Charu

Majjiga charu is a very easy and tasty dish made with buttermilk. My ammama(grandmother) used to make different versions of it. She used to make it with all vegetables like drum sticks, sorakaya/squash, bendakaya. But i will generally make it simple with just onions and green chili and lots of coriander. I like to use more of coriander as it gives good flavor and aroma to any dish and it has many health benefits too,its a iron rich food.

Ingredients:

3 cups of buttermilk

1 medium onion finely chopped

4-5 green chillies finely chopped

salt to taste

1/2 tsp of turmeric

1 tsp of mustard seeds

1 tsp of urad dal

1 tsp of chana dal

2 red chillies deseeded

8-10 fresh curry leaves

pinch of hing

ginger finely chopped not grated (optional)

Coriander leaves to garnish

1 tsp of oil

Preparation:

1. Take 3 cups of buttermilk and add salt according to your taste and keep aside.
2. Heat oil in a pan add mustard seeds and allow them to splutter, now add urad dal, chana dal, red chillies and hing and the fresh curry leaves and fry till they are brown
3. Add chopped onion and green chili and fry for 3-4 mins on medium flame
4. Add turmeric and fry for 1 min
5. Now add this mixture to buttermilk and mix well and garnish with coriander leaves
6. Serve with hot rice, any vegetable fry and papad