Bas Saaru

Ingredients for Saaru:

Tur dal...............100 grams
Soppu/leaves/(Palak/ dill leaves), or french beans or ridge gourd...........250 grams
Rasam powder...2..tsp( approx10 grams)
Tamarind ............1/2 a lemon size or 10 grams or 2 tea spoon of pulp
Coconut..grated.. 100 grams
Coriander seeds..  1 tsp
Onion....chopped....1 tsp
Garlic........................1 or 2 pods (optional)....not necessary...
Gud/jaggery....pdr... 1/2  tsp
Turmeric pdr............. 1/4 tsp
Salt.....,....................... As per taste
Oil/ghee.  

Ingredients for palya

Ghee....1tbsp
Red chillies.....4 or 5 OR Green chillies. 2 chop it lengh wise into two

Channa dal          1 tsp
Udad dal.               1 tsp

For seasoning
Ghee, rai, hing, curry leaves    

                

Method:

• Soak tamarind with 1 katori of water.
• Clean  palak / Dill leaves , chop it finely.
• Wash dal add 400ml water, add chopped leaves or chopped vegetables and half tea spoon of salt cook it thoroughly.
• Cool it.
• Drain the water, by sieving. Keep the drained water aside,  do not throw, later it will be used in making rasam.
• Take a kadai, heat 1 tea spoon oil, put coriander leaves, roast, add  (garlic ), chopped onion, roast, switch off the gas add coconut and  grind it smoothly.
• Prepare tamarind pulp.
• Take a kadai put tamarind pulp, add rasam powder, haldi powder and put half tea spoon of jaggery, 1tea spoon  salt , boil thoroughly.
• Add ground pulp and boil 
• Add the drained dal/vegetable soup. Put 1 stem of coriander leaf. Boil for some more time.
• Switch off the gas.
• Heat one tea spoon of ghee in a small kadai, heat put rai, hing and curry leaves.
• Put it to saaru/rasam. 

Now Palya/curryWith the cooked dal-leaves/ dal-vegetabes.

• Keep a kadai put ghee ( 1 table spoon), heat it add rai, channa dal, udad dal, roast  add chillies.
• Add cooked dal_leaves or vegetables.
• Stir well add coconut (70 to 80 grams)
• Mix thoroughly
• Add chopped coriander for a combination of vegetables not for leafy vegetables.
• Switch​ of the  gas

Additional Notes:

1. People who like lemon can add half a lemon juice.
2. Busidha saaru means the soup separated from cooked dal with vegetables.
3. The same method can be made by using only pulses.
4. While grinding for saaru you can add 3/4 tea spoon of cooked pulses..
5. Horse gram  bassaaru is very popular.
6. Tastes good with rice or Ragi mudde.