10 October, 2015

Home made tili saarina pudi| Rasam powder

Posted in : HOME MADE MASALA POWDER/PUDIGALU/KARNATAKA (BENGALURU) STYLE SPICE POWDER on by : Divya Suresh Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,

Saaru is a soothing south Indian lentil preparation, made in very thin consisitency, which aids in digestion and also includes many medicinal properties in it. This works good for cough & cold, also saaru can be consumed in the form of soup as well.

Here the word ‘ tili ‘ translates to thin lentil stock and ‘ saaru ‘ translates to very thin lentil soup like dish and here the lentil stock is obtained by cooking small quantity of lentil in lots of water, Different regions in Karnataka prepares different type of saaru and mine is the authentic Malenadu (western Ghats of Karnataka) style saaru powder.

This powder contains cumin seeds, black pepper corns, fenugreek seeds, coriander seeds, curry leaves, mustard seeds, turmeric and couple of more herbs in certain quantity which are roasted and blended together

Saaru (rasam) is prepared by adding small quantity of a popular lentil ie cooked split pigeon peas/arahar dal/togaribele along with considerably more water to get very thin consistency. No vegetables are put in it.

Saaru is also prepared using pulses like horse gram, black eyed beans, brown chickpeas etc. In which the stock (water in which pulses are cooked) is transformed into saaru and pulses are transformed into usli/salad

But of late a small quantity of chopped vegetables are put into saaru. You can check some of the recipes here – Pineapple saaru , Potato saaru , fenugreek seeds saaru , Spinach saaru , carrot saaru , Pudina/mint saaru , Lemon/nimbe hanninna saaru , neer saaru , menasina saaru , hurali kattina saaru , fenugreek leaves/menthya soppina saaru , Cumin seeds/Jeerige saaru , instant lentil less saaru , amla/Indian gooseberry saaru , Onion saaru , majjige saaru , horse gram instant saaru

And the authentic one , which you should definitely check without miss is – tili saaru/authentic brahmin style tili saaru

Ingredients : measuring cup used – 250 ml
  • Coriander seeds – 1 ½ cups
  • Cumin seeds – 6 tbsp
  • Fenugreek seeds – 2&3/4 tbsp
  • Mustard seeds – 4 tsp
  • Black pepper corn – 4 tbsp
  • Red chilli – Byadigi – 100 gms , Guntur – 25 gms
  • Asafoetida – 1/2 tsp
  • Curry leaves – 1 cup (loosely packed)
  • Turmeric – 1 tbsp
PROCEDURE :
  • Roast all the above ingredients one by one on a medium flame
  • Use few drops of oil while roasting red chilies
  • Let it cool completely…. Then powder it
  • Store in a air tight container

You may also like to check other home made masala powder recipes  ⇒ Huli Pudi/Sambar Powder , Saaru/Rasam Powder , Palyada Pudi , Gojjina pudi/tangy curry masala powder , authentic chutney powder , fenugreek seeds/menthyada hittu/menthe hittu ,  Huruli chutney powder , curry leaves chutney powder , black sesame chutney powder , Kharabath powder , Bisibelebath powder , spice Powder for masale dosay , Tandoori masala Powder , quick/instant Powder matawadi Palya , rajma masala Powder, multipurpose lentil Powder , Dal makhani masala powder , Chole masala powder , Pav bhaji masala powder , Instant rasam Powder , Kadai paneer powder , bisibelebath powder like made in functions/marriages , Chitrannada pudi/tangy rice spice powder , Indian gooseberry chutney powder , raw turmeric/hasi arishinada beru , Yellupudi chitranna ,

However as we are talking about various types of spice powder/masala powders, you can also check this useful recipe of home made Badami milk powder

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