Horse gram Soup (Ulava Charu)

Horse Gram Soup (Ulava charu)

Preparation Time :  min
Cooking Time : 45 min
Yield : 6 to 8 people
Ingredients :
Horse gram (Ulavalu) - 1cup
Tamarind juice - 1 cup or (thick paste 2 tblspn)
Tomatoes - 2 chopped
Onion - 1 medium chopped
Green chillis - 4 to 5 chopped
Red chilli - 2 chillis
Curry leaves - 4 to 5
Oil - 2 tblspn
Mustard seeds - 1tspn
Cumin seeds - 1 tspn
Salt -According to taste
Directions:
First,soak the horse gram in a water for about 12 hours.Next,cook them in pressure cooker about 5 whistles.When they are cool down grind it as a fine paste with adding some water.Then,strain it with a mesh strainer and the waste will be left in the strainer,throw the waste in the trash and keep the Horse gram paste.
Now heat oil in a sauce pan and add mustard seeds and cumin seeds.When they are popping add chillis and onions and fry it about 2 minutes Next, add tomatoes and cook it about 2 minutes.
Then,add tamarind juice and cook it.
When the tamarind juice is boiling add horse gram paste and add curry leaves and salt in it.Let it boil about 30 minutes.
Check the soup how much consistency you want and switch off the flame.Garnish with cream or butter.Enjoy with hot rice.

Take all Ingredients

Soak in water 24 hours

Cook in Pressure cooker

Make a fine paste

Horse gram paste

Strain with mesh strainer 

 put waste in a trash

Add oil, mustard,cumin seeds

Add onions,chillis

Add tomatoes,little salt and turmeric powder

Add tamarind juice

Add horse gram paste,curry leaves

Add salt and let it boil 30 min

Check consistency

Done!