Bassaru and Kaalu palya (Rasam and curry made from stock of boiled pulses/beans)

For 4 people :
Ingredients :
1. 200 gm sessile joyweed(Honagonne soppu)
2. 100 gm cowpea (Alasande kaalu)
3. 1 cup grated coconut
4. 2 table spoon rasam powder
5. 2 table tamarind paste.
6. Jaggery and salt according to taste.
7. Oil , mustard seed and curry leaves for tempering
8. 5-6 garlic cloves
9. One small onion roughly chopped
10. One cup toor dal.

Method of preparation for rasam :

1. Shallow fry finely chopped sessile joyweed in a vessel with 2 tea spoons of oil..
2. Pressure cook soaked cow pea(should be soaked 2-3 hrs prior cooking) and toor dal separately .
3. Keep the stock of the boiled cow pea aside.
4. Grind coconut,garlic cloves,onion,2-3 table spoons of the boiled cow pea and joyweed.
5. Heat a vessel and add oil,mustard and curry leaves to make the seasoning.
6. To this add the cow pea stock and the grinded paste and 2 table spoons of rasam powder.
7. Add jaggery and salt according to taste and boil for 2-3 min.


Method of preparation for Curry:

1. Heat a pan , add oil, mustard seeds for seasoning.
2. Add boiled toor dal(should not be like a paste), cow pea and cooked joyweed.
3. Add salt and mix.
4. Heat the pan for 2-3 min.


Note: I have used Sessile joyweed and Cow pea.Both can be changed to any other leafy vegetable
and pea respectively.U can also combine different varieties of the same.

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Appe saaru

Ingredients for 2 people:
1.2 small size raw mangoes
2.1 cup water
3.2 dry red chilies
4.2 Green chillies
5.salt and jaggery as per the required taste.
6.Oil , mustard seeds and asafoetida
7.Curry leaves and chopped coriander leaves.

Method:
1.Peel the raw mango skin and boil them.
2.Let it cool.Squeeze the pulp and add one cup of water.
3.Boil it by adding required amount of jaggery and salt.
(Tastes better if it's a little sour)
4.Heat oil for tempering.Add mustard seeds,curry leaves
,dry and fresh chillies(chopped) and asafoetida .
5.Add tempering and finally the chopped coriander leaves to
the boiling mango juice.

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Menasina Saaru / Pepper Rasam

For 2 people :

Ingredients :
1.One cup toor dal.(togari bele)
2.Half cup grated coconut.
3.3-4 Red/Green chilli
4.One table spoon pepper
5.One table spoon jeera
6.Curry leaves, mustard seeds and oil for tadka/seasoning
7.Salt for taste.

Procedure:

Boil door dal or pressure cook it .Dry roast  pepper ,jeera and grind with grated coconut .In a pan,heat oil and make tadka by adding mustard seeds ,red chilies , little jeera and curry leaves.To this add, boiled toor dal and add the grinded paste.Add salt and water accordingly.You can also add grounded pepper in case you need more spice at the end and a table spoon of lime juice.If red chilies is not added for tadka, u can add 2-3 green chilies and the end while boiling

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