Thursday 6 June 2013

Kudu - Basale Soppu Sambar (Indian Spinach Curry) - Manglorean dish


Ingredients :

1 bunch Indian Spinach (Basale soppu)
50 gms Yellow lentil (Tuvar dal)
50 gms Horse gram (Kudu in tulu) (Kulith dal in marathi)
1 chopped onion
1 tbsp coriander seeds
5-6 dried red chillies
1 tsp cumin seeds
3 tbsp grated coconut
1 tsp turmeric pd
1 tsp mustard seeds
1 sprig curry leaves
1 broken dried red chilly
Oil
Salt to taste

Method :

Wash and separate leaves from the twig. Chop the leaves. Cut the stem portion of the size of 3 inch. Dry roast Horse gram and cool it and grind coarsely. Pressure cook Tuvar dal, basale leaves, the stem portion, horse gram along with salt for 2-3 whistles. Keep aside.

Dry roast coriander seeds, cumin seeds, dried red chillies and turmeric pd. Cool it and grind it along with coconut and onion by adding little water. 

Add the ground masala to the above dal mixture and simmer for few mins.

Heat oil in another pan. Add mustard seeds, broken dried red chilly and curry leaves. Pour this to the gravy and cover the lid. Serve with rice.




8 comments:

  1. my fav after kori ghasi

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  2. Hello, can i make this with the spinach variety that you get abroad..not basale sappu but green spinach of big size??

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    1. You may try but Mangalore basale cannot be replaced

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