3 October, 2019
HORSE GRAM/HURULI/KULTHI SWEET USLI/SALAD
Horse gram or Kulthi (Hindi) or huruli kalu (Kannada) is a miracle pulse which is most rich in protein. It benefits our health as an anti oxidant, anti bacterial, anti fungal and anti hyperglycemic (un sprouted) forms. Very often I use this miracle pulse in cooking. There are recipe like horse gram/huruli kattina saaru & usli , huruli/horse gram chutney powder , huruli-semiya payasa , horse gram instant saaru/rasam , mishra kalugala/mixed pulses huli etc are posted here on my blog.
But today I’m here to share a sweet salad recipe using horse gram. Earlier I have posted something similar recipe using cow peas/lobia – cowpeas sweet usli/salad and this recipe s with a slight difference.
Some other usli/salad recipes – masala corn pomegranate salad/usli , huruli/horse gram salad/usli , kadlebele salad/usli , kadale kalu usli/salad-gugguri , hesarukalu usli/salad , alasande kalu usli/salad , corn-pomegranate-chickpeas usli/salad , dried peas usli/salad , hesarubele uppittu , hesarubele kadalebele kosambari , fresh chickpeas(green) salad
Ingredients :
- Horse gram/Kulthi/huruli kalu – 1/2 cup (it gets doubled after soaking)
- Water – 1/2 cup
- Jaggery – 1/3 cup (tightly packed)
- Grated fresh coconut – 1/3 cup
- Ghee – 1 & 1/2 tsp
- Cloves – 4 to 6
- Cashews – 2 tbsp
- Raisins – 1 tbsp
- Cardamom powder – 1/2 tsp
PROCEDURE :
- Clean, rinse well and soak the horse gram in enough water for over night
- Pressure cook along with 1/2 cup of water for up to 3 to 4 whistles, pass it through the strainer and collect the stock to make saaru/rasam
- Mean while dissolve jaggery in 2 to 3 tbsp of water
- Heat ghee in a pan, add in cloves, cashews & raisins & cloves, fry for a while, now add in cooked horse gram, saute for a minute
- Now add in dissolved jaggery syrup and allow it to boil until the mixture turns almost dry
- Put cardamom powder and coconut, combine well on high heat continuously for a minute, then remove from the heat and serve
