Awarekai Rasam (Saaru)

Awarekai or the field bean has the best quality to accomodate any type of dishes, like curry to mixing with rice, fried item to sweets. Karnataka people enjoy using this pod in their daily dishes. Whether its breakfast, lunch, snack or dinner time,  The dish is prepared with Awarekai I can bet. The people are very fond of this Awarekai and will be waiting for Aware Kai  season. People dry this pod in the sun and keep some for using during the rest of the year.

Awarekai is like other pods, is full of nutrients, vitamins and defenitely good for winter season. It is full of proteins.
Here is a recipe of Awarekai saru. Its simple and with minimum things you can prepare this saaru, when you are tired it really helps you to refresh. Awarekai Saru or Rasam can be eaten with Hot rice, idly or with dosa too. We can also serve Awarekai saru as a starter for a change and I am sure the whole family members will defenitely love to have Awarekai Saru.

Ingredients :

To Cook :

Awarekai : 1 Cup

To Grind
Rasam Powder : 2 to 3 Teaspoons
Coconut : 2 Tablespoons
Cooked Avarekai

To Add :
Tamarind Pulp : 2 Table spoons
Tomatoes : 2 (Medium size)
Turmeric Powder : a pinch
Ingh : a pinch
Coriander leaves : 2 Table spoons
 Salt : As per taste (less or more)
Water: 3 to 4 Cups
For seasoning
Oil : 1 Teaspoon
Mustard seeds : 1/2 Tea spoon
Ingh : a pinch
Jeera : 1/2 Teaspoon

Method : 
1. Wash and pressure cook Aware kai for 8 to 10 minutes and leave it for cooling.
2. Wash and cut tomatoes, green chilly, curry leaves, coriander leaves. Grate coconut.
3. Soak tamarind in hot water for 5 minutes and squeeze out the pulp and keep the pulp aside.
4. Grind coconut, rasam powder, Cooked avarekai (1/2 The portion of cooked averekai).

5. Keep a big pan on the fire and put remaining avarekai, tamarind pulp, tomatoes, methi/fenugrik seeds, turmeric powder and salt.
6. Let it boil nicely. Now add ground coconut mixture and boil the saaru for 2 to 3 minutes. Add water required.
7. Now keep a small pan on the fire. Heat and put oil.
8. Put mustard seeds. Let mustard seeds spurt. Add jeera.
9. Add curry leaves and ingh  and put this mustard mixture to Awarekai Saru.

10. Put a spoon of fresh ghee and shift the Saaru to a serving bowl.
11. Now serve Awarekai Saaru with Hot rice, idly or dosas
12. Add a spoon of ghee to Avarekai Saaru and serve.

Note :

 Awarekai should be cooked well. You can also use garlic and onions while grinding  or while seasoning. It gives a different taste. You can also use more chilly if like it spicy. Adding jaggery also is optional.   You can also try prepareing the same saru with Peas or any other vegetalbs like beetroots. Using any brand of rasam powder is optional. I have used home made rasam powder. Adding methi seeds help to reduce the cholesterol content.

Servings : 3 to 4 
Time :30 Minutes.
Just try this method for home made rasam Powder:
Dry roast, 1/4 teaspoon of methi/fenugrik seeds, 2 tablespoons of coriander seeds, 5 to 6 red chilly (byadagi), 1/2 teaspoon of jeera/cumin seeds and 4 to 5 grains of mustard seeds. Dry roast or use a spoon of oil to roast. Add curry leaves (handful) at the end and little ingh and dry grind it. Your home made rasam powder is ready to use.