Friday, April 17, 2009

Bele Saaru, Bengaluru style

How long: 30-45 min

What you need:
100 gm/ half cup dal/ togari bele
2 tomatoes
1 table spoon saaru/rasam powder
a pinch of haldi
half table spoon salt
5-10 gms of tamarind
a pinch of mustard / sasve
1 tablespoon oil
10 curry leaves

What to do:
> Use 1:3 proportion of dal:water. Chop the tomatos into 4 pieces and mix along with the dal. Add a pinch of haldi to this and bake/boil in a cooker.
> Mix the tamarind with water and squeeze to a paste. Use tamarind paste alternatively.
> Once baked, add this mixture into a vessel and start to boil. Add rasam powder, salt and the tamarind mixture. Boil for 5 mins.
> Heat the oil in a pan and add mustard to it. Add curry leaves within a minute and remove the pan within 1 minute. Add this mixture to the saaru mixture.

Taste it. Feel free to add more salt of tamarind juice or rasam powder before serving!

MOST IMPORTANT: THE 3 INGREDIENTS OF TASTY FOOD ARE UPPU (SALT), HULI (SOUR), KHARA (SPICE).

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