Friday, March 8, 2013

Uppu saaru (Gowda's Style)



Ingredients :

Toordal/Avarekaai/Whole Moong - 1/2cup
Greenchilli - 2-3
Coriander - 1/2bunch
Peppercorns - 5
Cumin Seeds(Jeera) - 1tsp
Garlic - 3cloves
Tamarind - small lemon size
salt to taste


Procedure :

Pressure cook the dal with chillies and salt.
Drain the stock to another bowl and remove the chillies.
Grind all the ingredients above with 1tbsp of cooked dal into a fine paste.
Mix this paste to the drained stock in a vessel and allow to boil for 5mins, dont over boil, if required add salt.
Give normal tadka of mustard, red chillies,onion to dal mixture but don’t put tadka for saaru.