easy soppu saaru recipe | huli soppina saru | mulangi or radish leaves saaru
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 10 minutes
- Cook time: 25 minutes
- Total time: 35 minutes
- Yield: 4 Servings
- Category: sambar
- Cuisine: karnataka
Ingredients
- 1 bunch radish leaves
- 1 tomato (chopped)
- ½ onion (sliced)
- ¼ tsp turmeric
- 2 cup water
- ¾ tsp salt
- ½ tsp jaggery / gud
- 1 cup toor dal (cooked)
for masala paste:
- 1 tsp oil
- 1 tsp coriander seeds
- ½ tsp cumin / jeera
- 1 tsp urad dal
- ¼ tsp methi / fenugreek seeds
- 3 dried red chilli
- few curry leaves
- ½ cup coconut (grated)
- small piece tamarind / imli
- 1 clove garlic
- ½ cup water
for tempering:
- 2 tsp oil
- 1 tsp mustard
- 1 dried red chilli
- few curry leaves
Method
- firstly, finely chop radish leaves. you can alternatively use any leaves or combination of leaves.
- also add 1 tomato, ½ onion, ¼ tsp turmeric, 2 cup water and ½ tsp salt.
- cover and boil for 6 minutes or until the leaves are blanched.
- transfer the masala paste to cooked radish leaves.
- also, add ½ tsp jaggery and ¼ tsp salt. mix well.
- boil for 5 minutes or until raw flavour of coconut disappears.
- furthermore, add 1 cup cooked toor dal and mix well adjusting consistency as required.
- boil for 2 minutes or until the saaru is cooked completely.
- pour the tempering over saaru and mix well.
- finally, enjoy mulangi soppu saaru with hot steamed rice.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.