HESARUKAALINA SALAD/SPROUTED SALAD

Ingredients:

Sprouted green gram / molake hesaru kaalu - 1 cup

grated carrots - 2 tbsps

grated coconut - 1tbsp

finely chopped onion - 2 tbsps

finely chopped / paste green chillies

finely chopped coriander leaves

1/4tsp lemon juice

pepper and salt to taste

Method:

Put sprouted gram, onions, green chillies, carrot and coconut into a serving bowl. combine the lemon juice, salt, pepper and coriander leaves. And mix well.

Serve with any meal and papad.

BISI BELE BATH - B CUBE

Ingredients:

Raw rice - 1 cup
toor dal - 1 cup
chopped mixed vegetables,(potatoes,carrots,beans)- 1cup
fresh peas - 1/2 cup
few small onions
oil - 1tbsp
turmeric powder
tamarind pulp-1tbsp
jaggery ,grated or crushed - 1tbsp
salt to taste

Fry and Grind the following all ingredients in a mixie.:

red chillies to taste
coriander seeds-1tbsp
fenugreek seeds-1tsp
cuminseeds - 1tbsp
poppy seeds- 1/2tsp
cardamoms-2
cloves-4
cinnamon-1 stick
pepper corns - 7-8
coconut powder-1/2 cup

For seasoning:
oil
ghee
mustard
hing
cashewnuts
curry leaves
red chillies

Preparation Method:

Cook the dal and rice with chopped mixed vegetables and turmericpowder, small onion, fresh peas and little oil and water. keep it aside.
Heat the oil in a sauce pan and add mustard, hing,cashewnuts, curryleaves and redchillies and fry for 1 minute. Add ground masala paste and fry for 2 minutes. Add tamarind pulp, jaggery and salt and cooked rice and dal and vegetable mixture and add 1 cup water and stir well and cook for few minutes. And stirring occasionally.Remove from fire. Add chopped coriander leaves and fried cashewnuts and 2 tbsps of ghee and mix well.
Serve hot with potato chips or pappad or menasinakaayi bajji. This is one of the very popular dish in the Karnataka.

TOMATO RASAM

Ingredients:

Tomatoes - 4 (large)
oil - 1tbsp
mustard - 1/4 tsp
jeera - 1/4 tsp
curry leaves
a pinch of hing ( asafoetidea)
crushed garlic
tamarind pulp/extract - 1tbsp
chilli powder - 1/2tsp
rasam powder - 1/2tsp
garam masala - 1/4 tsp
salt to taste
chopped coriander leaves

Method:

Grind the tomatoes in a blender.
Heat the oil and add mustard and jeera fry for until they pop, add crushed garlic, curry

leaves, dry red chillies and hing and fry for a minute. Now add the tomatoes puree/mixture, tamarind pulp/extract, salt, chilli powder and rasam powder and water,bring to the boil and add garam masala and mix well and remove from the heat. Add the coriander leaves and stir well. Serve hot with plain boiled rice and pappad.
Allow the drink to cool.A very popular rasam in Karnataka.