ingredients:
cup hurali kaalu(Horse gram dal) (soaked overnight)
1 spoon chilly powder
lemon size tamarind, soaked in hot water.
2 spoons cooking oil or coconut oil
1 tsp mustard seeds
10 sambar(curry) leaves(Kari bevina soppu)
1 garlic
1 small small onion
5 red chilies
5 red chilies
1/2 tsp cumin seeds
1 spoon butter or cheese(optional)
Method:
- Soak horse gram (hurali) overnight. Pressure cook for 4 whistles by adding 5 cups of water.The liquid has a dark brown chocolate color.
- Strain the liquid and keep it separate. remove the cooked horse gram.we wont use this cooked horse gram for curry.
- so if you want you can use this cooked horse gram to do some other dish or give it for cows or throw it away.
- Now you have only extracted liquid from cooked horse gram.keep this liquid in a vessel on a stove,if you feel liquid is more thick add a cup of water and boil for ten min,now add salt and chilly powder,tamarind juice and boil for ten min.keep this aside.
- Now take a separate vessel,keep this on stove.add 2 spoon of cooking oil or coconut oil(it will be more tasty),when it is heated add a spoon of mustard seeds,
- when it is burnt add 10 sambar leaves,cumin seeds,garlic,onion,red chillies.when onion turns golden brown add this content to already prepared horse gram liquid.if you want you can add a spoon of butter or cheese at the end while serving.
serve this hot for rice or akki rotti. This dish will be very tasty famous in south India