Pachai Sundakkai Gotsu Recipe | Traditional South Indian Turkey Berry Curry

Pachai Sundakkai Gotsu is a traditional South Indian side dish made with fresh turkey berries cooked in a flavourful onion, tomato, and tamarind gravy. The slight bitterness of pachai sundakkai blends beautifully with aromatic spices, creating a delicious accompaniment for idli, dosa, pongal, and steamed rice. This simple homemade recipe is wholesome, comforting, and packed with authentic Tamil flavours.

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Ingredients for making Pachai Sundakkai Dal Gotsu

Moong dal - 1/2 cup

Pachai sundakkai / Turkey Berry - 1 cup

Onions - 1

Tomato - 1

Green Chillies - 2

Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp.

Red Chilly - 1

Salt as required

Mustard seeds - 1 tsp.

cumin seeds - 1 tsp.

Urad dal - 1 tsp.

1 small lemon-sized tamarind, soaked and extracted

A sprig of curry leaves

Method for making Pachai Sundakkai Dal Gotsu

1. Wash the green sundakkai and then deseed it. You can remove the seeds by crushing them with a hand pestle and then soaking in water to remove the seeds.

2. In a pressure pan add the moong dal, along with turmeric powder, salt and required amount of water. Wait for 4 whistles.

3. Heat oil in a tadka pan, splutter the mustard seeds, add the urad dal, cumin seeds, curry leaves and red chilly. 

4. Add the chopped onions, tomatoes, green chillies and the deseeded sundakkai and saute well.  Once done add this to the contents in the cooker and allow to cook for 1 whistle.

5. Pour in the tamarind extract and allow to cook for 3 minutes.

6. Mash everthing with a wooden ladle or mattu kombu and serve hot.

Pachai Sundakkai Dal Gotsu is ready to be served.