ಅವರೇಕಾಳು Saaru

Ingredients:

Dried Hidikavare - 1 cup(Wash and soak in water for 6-8 hours then drain)
Onions - 1 small
Tomatoes - 1 small
Oil - 2 spoon
Mustard seeds - 1/2 spoon
Salt to taste

Grind the following Ingredients into smooth paste:
Coconut - 1/2 cup
Onions - 1 small
Tomatoes - 1 small
Sambhar powder - 2 spoon (Instead of Sambhar Powder you can substitute chilly powder and coriander powder - 1 spoon each )
Ginger - 3/4 inch
Poppy seeds(Khus Khus) - 1 spoon
Coriander leaves - few strings
Water to grind

Method:

1. Heat oil in a saucepan, add mustard seeds, once it splutters add and fry onions for 2 minutes.

2. Add hidikbele(val dhal) and fry in medium flame for 5 minutes, then add tomatoes and mix well.

3. Add 2 cups of water, cook until val dhal becomes soft.

4. Add ground masala and salt, boil the saaru(curry) for 10 minutes or till the raw smell of the ground masala goes. If the saaru is too thick add little more water while boiling.

Serve it with Rice,Chapati,Poori, idli or dosa. I served hidikavere saaru with Idli which is classic breakfast in Karnataka household.



Bhavana's Variation 1
coconut,green chillies,coriander leaves,onion,garlic,ginger,raw coriander seeds,cloves,patte.haldi.grind all this into paste

season with onoins & marati moggu.

cook the ಅವರೇಕಾಳು in masala, after it is cooked, add tomatoes & cook for some time till tomato is cooked.while serving add lime.

Bhavana's Variation 2
for seasoning -- add jeera, onion, curry leaf and fry
add brinjal, potato, ಅವರೇಕಾಳು , chilli pd, dhania pd, 3-4 cloves of garlic
then add tamarind water, ground coconut or coconut milk, and cook