Goddu Pitla

Ingredients:

For Goddu Pitla:
Tamarind
Salt
Vegetables
  -Yam (Suran/Kanda Gadda)
  - Gawar Beans (Mattikayalu) - 1/2 cup
  - Karli (Bitter Guard) - 1 karli cut in 1/4th inch size
Note: We can either use all the above vegetables for this dish or use single vegetable in more quantity.

For Masala:
Chanadal - 2 tsp
Uraddal - 1 1/2 tsp
Whole Black Pepper - 1tsp
Red Chillies - 6
Karvepak - 5-6 stems
Oil

For Tadka/Poopu:
Oil
Mustard Seeds
Karvepak
Hing
turmeric

Procedure:

Masala Preparation:

1. Heat oil in a pan.
2. Add all the masala ingredients except karvepak and fry them till they turn golden brown.
3. Take them out in a plate and put the karvepak in the pan and fry it for few seconds.
4. Grind all the masala ingredients.
5. Add water for grinding if required.

Goddu Pitla Preparation:

1. Pressure cook or boil the vegetables (Yam or Gawar beans). 
2. Optional: Deep fry karli in oil and keep it aside.
3. Take a vessel and add few tea spoons of oil for tadka.
4. Add mustard seeds, once they start spluttering add hing, karvepak and turmeric.
5. Add tamarind water to tadka.
6. Once tamarind water starts to boil: add above prepared Masala, vegetables and salt. Mix well
7. Let it boil well.
8. Goddu Pitla is now ready to serve.
9. It goes well with plain cooked toor dal (utta pappu), ghee and rice or could be served with plain rice and sesame oil (Idayam oil).

This recipe is almost same as Pitla, except that Dal is not added in this dish.