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Hurali Saaru Recipe - Healthy Horse Gram and Coconut Curry

Hurali Saaru Recipe - Healthy Horse Gram and Coconut Curry

By Admin
Prep Time Total in 40 M
Course Dinner
Cuisine Tamil Nadu
Diet High Protein Vegetarian

The Hurali Saaru Recipe is a delicious lentil curry that is made from horse gram also known as Kollu in Tamil or Kulith in Hindi. In this recipe the horse gram is cooked with aromatic spices ground into a masala with coconut and finally seasoned with ghee and onions making it a perfect curry to go along with rice.

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup Horse Gram Dal (Kollu/ Kulith)
  • soaked for at least 4-5 hours or overnight
  • 1 Onion
  • roughly chopped
  • 1 Tomato
  • roughly chopped
  • 1 Potato (Aloo)
  • chopped into chunks (optional)
  • 1/4 Cup Tamarind Water
  • Ingredients for the Curry Masala
  • 1 Onion
  • 1 Tomato
  • 1/4 cup Fresh coconut
  • grated
  • 2 Cloves (Laung)
  • 1 inch Cinnamon Stick (Dalchini)
  • 1 inch Ginger
  • 4 cloves Garlic
  • 2 teaspoons Sambar Powder
  • Ingredients for the seasoning
  • 1 Onion
  • chopped finely
  • 1/2 teaspoon Mustard seeds (Rai/ Kadugu)
  • 2 Dry Red Chillies
  • 2 sprig Curry leaves
  • 1/4 teaspoon Asafoetida (hing)
  • 2 teaspoon Ghee

Instructions

Step 1

To begin, pressure cook the soaked horse-gram for two whistles over medium heat, along with the chopped onion, tomato and potato

Step 2

Turn off the heat after two whistles and let the steam release naturally from the pressure cooker

Step 3

Meanwhile, in a mixer grind all the curry ingredients to make the smooth paste using little water

Step 4

Transfer to a bowl and set aside

Step 5

Open the lid of the pressure cooker, add the curry masala, close the lid once again and pressure cook the horse-gram for two more whistles

Step 6

Open the pressure cooker, add the tamarind extract and salt to taste, and let the curry simmer for few minutes till all the flavours are combined well

Step 7

For the tempering, in a tadka pan heat the ghee over medium heat

Step 8

Add the mustard seeds and onions and sauté gently on a low heat till the onions become golden in colour

Step 9

Next add the curry leaves, asafoetida and red chillies

Step 10

When it all sputter, pour it over the curry and stir to combine

Step 11

 Serve Hurali Saaru with steamed rice or Phulka for the wholesome lunch

Step 12

 

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