Avarekal Saaru

Ingredients:

Avarekai - 1/2 kilo (pressure cook adding water and salt)

Tamarind - 1 small lemon size

2 tsp rasam powder

1/2 coconut grated

1 small onion (chopped)

1 tsp jeera

4 grains pepper

1 tsp coriander seeds

3/4 cloves of garlic(optional)

Jaggery-1 tbsp

Salt to taste

Method:

1. Roast : chopped onions, jeera, pepper, coriander seeds and garlic.
2. Cook the avarekai in a pressure cooker/microwave.
3. Soak the tamarind and make a pulp of the same.
4. Grind the roasted ingredients with the grated coconut with l a little of the cooked avarekai(approx 1 1/2 tbsp),
5. Now take big, thick bottom vessel. Add the tamarind pulp, salt, rasam powder, jaggery and little haldi and boil well.
6. Add ground masala. Mix well.
7. Then add the remaining cooked avarekai.
8. Add water if necessary.
9. For vogarane, heat ghee/oil put rai(mustard seeds) hing kadi pattha...add it to saaru.

This tastes good with raagi mudde and hot steaming rice.