Hasi Saaru

                                                                       

Hasi Saaru

Hasi saaru is made using all raw, simple ingredients. It can be made in no time. It tastes great with hot steamed rice.

Ingredients:
1 big lemon sized tamarind
1 medium sized onion finely chopped
1 tea spoon jaggery /sugar
1 tea spoon til
1 tea spoon pea nuts
2 slit green chili
1 table spoon fresh coconut
1 tea spoon mustard seeds
1 tea spoon jeera
1 strand curry leaves
 1 red chili
1 tea spoon oil
Salt to taste
Preparation:
1. Soak tamrind in 1 cup water for ten minutes and squeeze out the pulp
2. Grind to a paste peanuts, til and coconut adding water
3.In a vessel put the chopped onion and  using hand slightly mash the chopped onion
4. Mix onion, ground masala, tamarind juice, jaggery,salt and green chilies and mix well,
5. Add 3 cups water and mix well
6. Heat oil in a pan and add jeera, mustard seeds, red chili, curry leaves and when jeera splutters add this to the above mixture.
7. Mix well and serve Hasi Saaru with hot rice.

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