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Indian Soup with Buttermilk / Majjiga Pulusu

VegCookBook by Praveena
South Indian Andhra style pulusu / soup, thats easy to make, gluten free, healthy and is soothing to the tummy. Step wise pics and tips recipe given below.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Course Accompaniment, Main Course, Side Dish
Cuisine Indian, South Indian

Equipment

  • Sauce Pan / Vessel (for stove-top method)

Ingredients
  

Ingredients

  • 2 cups Sour Curd / Regular Yogurt
  • ½ of a Bottle Gourd / Lauki / Sorakaya (medium size)
  • 2 count Carrots (medium size)
  • 1 count Drum sticks/ Mulakkada (large size)
  • 2 count Tomatoes (small size)
  • 2 teaspoons Red Chilli Powder
  • ½ teaspoon Turmeric Powder
  • 2 to 3 twigs Fresh Coriander
  • as required Water (for cooking and boiling)
  • 4 tablespoon Chickpea flour / Besan / Senagapindi
  • ½ teaspoon Red Chilli Powder / Kaaram
  • 3 teaspoons Salt (or as per taste)

Ingredients for Tempering:

  • ¼ teaspoon Mustard seeds / Aavalu
  • ½ teaspoon Jeera / Cumin Seeds
  • teaspoon Asafoetida / Hing / Inguva
  • 3 count Dry Red Chillies
  • 5 to 6 count Curry Leaves
  • 2 tablespoons Cooking Oil

Instructions
 

  • Firstly, make buttermilk, Take the curd/yogurt into a separate bowl. Add 2 cups of water for every 1 cup of thick curd / yogurt. Whisk thoroughly using a hand blender or fork or regular mixer. Keep aside.
  • Next, wash all the vegetables thoroughly and cut them into cube size pieces or finger size length wise pieces.
  • Slit the green chillies length wise and chop the coriander finely.

COOKING:

  • Transfer all the vegetable pieces into a sauce pan / vessel.
    Add a teaspoon of salt, and water until they are sunk.
    Let them boil on stove top under high flame until they are softened.
    Later switch the flame off.
  • Now, to the boiled veggies, add the turmeric powder, remaining salt, rest of the buttermilk, red chilli powder. Gently mix everything.
    Let the soup / pulusu boil for about 8-10 mins, under medium heat on stove top.
  • When the soup/ pulusu boils & raises up to the brim of the vessel/pan, simmer the flame.
    Then, add the chickpea flour-buttermilk mix (which we kept aside) to the same.
  • Add half of the chopped coriander and give everything a gentle mix.
    Keep it on flame for more 2 mins and then remove the pan/vessel from flame.
  • On the same flame, put a small frying pan and add the ‘Ingredients for tempering’.
    Saute them and switch the flame off once done.
  • Transfer all the tempering into the pulusu / soup vessel.
    Garnish with chopped coriander leaves and serve. Done!!

Notes

Please see the MAIN POST for step wise PICS & recipe TIPS!