Ingredients

• Horse gram:100gms, cooked with 1 litre of water (in a cooker) mashed and keep asde
• jeera:1tsp
• black pepper: 6 to 8
• dhania seeds: 2 tsp
• methi seeds: a pinch
• a pinch of hing
• haldi a pinch
• onion: 1 small, chopped fine
• tomato:1 medium size, chopped
• tamarind paste: 2 tsp
• peeled garlic cloves: 6, crushed
• salt
• oil:1 tbsp
• ghee:1/2 tbsp
• mustard seeds,1/4 tsp
• red chillies: 6+1
• curry leaves 10 chopped
• coriander leaves:1 tbsp
• jaggery:1 tsp (optional)

How to Make Ulava charu (horsegram rasam)

• Dry fry, jeera, dhania seeds, pepper, 6 red chillies and methi seeds one by one, till you get the nice aroma.
• Prepare fine powder with the above ingredients along with garlic.
• Pressure cook horsegram in a cooker for 6 to 7 whistles, remove lid after steam escapes, mash the gram till soft and keep it asde
• Dry fry jeera, dhania seeds, methi seeds and 6 red chllies, till you get the nice aroma. Cool and prepare into a fine powder
• Mix this powder in 1 litre of water along with mashed dal, tamarind paste, haldi, chopped coriander and salt
• Heat oil and ghee, add mustard seeds, red chilli, hing and curry leaves
• Fry till seeds splutter, add onions and fry till they become soft.
• Now add tomato pieces, fry till mushy, now pour the dal water mix, over tempering, let it simmer for 3 to 4minutes
• Remove and serve with hot plain rice