Happpy Cooking, Enjoy - Nalini Somayaji

Happpy Cooking, Enjoy  - Nalini Somayaji

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Horse Gram Rasam ( Huruli Saaru )

Horse Gram is called Huruli in Kannada .  Huruli Saaru is healthy Rasam . Normally people prepare this Rasam during rainy season since Huruli grains help us to keep our body warm .  You can have Huruli Rasam with Hot Rice ....or can be used as  starter.

Things Needed :
Horse Grams :  2 Cups
Coriander Seeds : 2 Table spoons
Fenugreek seeds : 1/4 Table spoon
Jeera : 1/2 Table spoon
Red Chillies : 6 to 8
Turmeric Powder:  a pinch
Tamarind pulp : 2 Table spoons
Mustard seeds : 1/2 Tea spoon
Urd Daal : 1/2 Tea spoon
Curry leaves : 8 to 10
Oil : 1 Tea spoon
Ghee : 1 Table spoon
Asfoetida ( Ingh )  a pinch
Salt : to taste.
Coriander leaves : 2 Table soon ( cut it in to small )
Fresh Coconut : 1 Table spoon

Method:
Wash and boil Horse Grams nicely for 15 minutes in a presure cooker adding 3 to 4 cups of water.  Leave it for cooling .  Take a lemon size of tamarind and soak it in hot water for 10 minutes and squeeze out the pulp. Keep it aside.

Keep a pan on the fire. Put Fenugreek seeds roast until brown , add coriander seeds and red chillies, roast for 2 minutes add jeera roast for 10 sec and  put  off the gas .  Add coconut and leave it for cooling .
Now Drain all the water from the Horse gram and put drained water in a big pan or vessel . Add  tamarind pulp and salt .  Add 4 table spoons of cooked  Horse grams .  Add turmeric powder and keep it aside.
Grind roasted mixture of  rasam powder along with  coconut and 2 to 3 spoons of  cooked Horse grams.  Grind nicely into paste . Remove from the jar and add the ground paste  to the tamarind pulp mixture which is in a vessel or big pan . Mix thoroughly and boil this Rasam for 5 minutes.Add some water ( required amount ) and salt to rasam.Let  it boil nicely.
Keep a small pan on the fire ..add 1/2 tea spoon of oil . Put mustard seeds and urd daal   . Let it spurt add curry leaves and Ingh to it and add this mixture to the  Rasam .   Add cut coriander leaves and  Ghee and serve Hot Horse Gram Rasam  with Hot rice.....

Note :   Can soak Horse Gram in water for 1 hour before cooking so that cooked Horse Gram will be soft . Must add water according to the quantity of Rasam you Need.  Do not make it watery . You can add garlic along with curry leaves and fry them a bit and add it to the Rasam. ( If you like garlic  only ). This rasam is good to have during rainy season because it help us to keep our body warm. Can Use the remaining cooked Horse gram with some dry curries or mix with coconut and jaggery and  little salt.
Serves 4 to 5













































0 comments:

Thank you for reading the blog.

Hope you enjoyed and do comment :)