Recipe for Ulava Chaaru (Horse Gram Soup)
Ingredents: 500 gm horse gram4 litres water50 gm oil05 gm black mustard seeds50 gm onions10 gm green chillies02 gm curry leaves20 gm red chilli powder100 gm tamarindsalt to tastePaste50 gm onions25 gm ginger50 gm coriander seeds25 gm garlic10 gm cumin seeds
Method:
Wash and soak the horse gram overnight in water. Boil the lentils on a slow fire until soft. Strain and divide lentils into 2 portions, reserve stock for later use.Discard half the lentils and blend the rest at high speed for 1 minute.Chop onions and green chillies. Soak the tamarind and extract the pulp.Make a fine paste of all the mentioned ingredients.In a pan, heat oil and add the mustard seeds. When they crackle add the chopped onion, green chillies and the curry leaves.Saut?ill the onions are golden brown.Add the paste and saut?or another 2 minutes. Mix in the rest of the ingredients.Add the stock and the lentil paste.Cook on a slow flame for at least 15 minutes.
Recipe By: Kishore.D.Reddy (Indian)
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