Recipe
Karnataka Bele Saaru
Traditional Karnataka dal curry with coconut and jaggery
Prep
10 min
Cook
25 min
Serves
4
Level
easy
Ingredients
- 1 cup oily toor dal
- 2 tbsp grated coconut
- 1 tsp jaggery
- 1 tbsp tamarind paste
- 1 tsp sambar powder
- 1 tsp mustard seeds
- Curry leaves
- 2 dried red chilies
- Pinch of hing
Method
- 1
Cook toor dal until soft, mash and thin with water.
- 2
Add tamarind, jaggery, sambar powder and salt.
- 3
Grind coconut to paste and stir into the dal.
- 4
Simmer for 10 minutes on low heat.
- 5
Temper with mustard seeds, dried chilies, curry leaves and hing.
- 6
Serve hot over steamed rice with ghee and papad.
