Avarekalu Saru Recipe: How To Make Avarekalu Saru Easily At Home

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As compulsive eaters, our daily food-hunting never stops. Be it week days or weekends, we are continuously searching and trying out new dishes and still craving for more mouth-watering delicacies. Yet none of these dishes can ever replace the taste and nostalgia of "ghar-ka-khana"; the comfort and utter joy that a home-made dish instantly brings.

Therefore, for today's article, we are sharing the recipe of avarekalu saru, which is very close to our heart as a traditional recipe of Karnataka and a happy memory of childhood days. Avarekalu saru or avarekalu sagu is essentially a home-made curry, loaded with avarekai beans and other vegetables, filled with a simple yet rustic flavour along with the goodness of a creamy, lush curry.

While there are many renditions available of this same recipe, we have come up with an easy-to-prepare dish, which will be less time consuming yet will be a delicious treat for your perfect Sunday meal. So, go through the step-by-step instructions or the video guide and let us know how it turned out.

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Prep Time

20 Mins

Cook Time

25M

Total Time

45 Mins

Recipe By: Kavyashree S

Recipe Type: Main course

Serves: 2

Ingredients

• 1. Avarekai - ½ bowl

  2. Water - 1 cup

  3. Tamarind juice - 1/4th cup

  4. Coriander (chopped) - a handful

  5. Rasam powder - 1 tbsp

  6. Oil for cooking - 1+1/2 tsp

  7. Coconut (grated) - ½ cup

  8. Mustard seeds - ½ tbsp

  9. Hing - a pinch

  10. Turmeric powder - 1/2 tbsp

  11. Jaggery - 1 tbsp

  12. Ginger - ½ inch

  13. Salt - to taste

  14. Curry leaves (a handful)

How to Prepare

• 1. Take a cooker

  2. Put avarekai beans in it.

  3. Add water and salt to it.

  4. Close the lid.

  5. Pressure cook the beans for 3-4 whistles (10-15 minutes).

  6. Drain the water and pour it in a bowl.

  7. Let it cool for 10-15 minutes.

  8. Take a mixing jar.

  9. Add coconut, rasam powder, tamarind juice, ginger, jaggery, turmeric powder and avarekai in it.

  10. Add ½ a cup of water in the mixing jar.

  11. Grind it all together.

  12. Take a pan.

  13. Add oil.

  14. Add mustard seeds, hing and curry leaves one by one.

  15. Add the paste and mix it well.

  16. Let it simmer for 5 minutes.

  17. Add salt and coriander.

  18. Mix it well and transfer it into a bowl.

  19. Serve hot.

Instructions

• 1. If you don't like the thick texture of the curry, feel free to add more water to get the desired consistency.
• 2. Be careful with boiling the beans, as nobody likes overcooked beans.

Nutritional Information

• Serving Size - 1 bowl
• Calories - 352.5 cal
• Fat - 16.95 g
• Protein - 14.46 g
• Carbohydrates - 35.9 g

STEP BY STEP - HOW TO MAKE

1. Take a cooker

2. Put avarekai beans in it.

3. Add water and salt to it.

4. Close the lid.

5. Pressure cook the beans for 3-4 whistles (10-15 minutes).

6. Drain the water and pour it in a bowl.

7. Let it cool for 10-15 minutes.

8. Take a mixing jar.

9. Add coconut, rasam powder, tamarind juice, ginger, jaggery, turmeric powder and avarekai in it.

10. Add ½ a cup of water in the mixing jar.

11. Grind it all together.

12. Take a pan.

13. Add oil.

14. Add mustard seeds, hing and curry leaves one by one.

15. Add the paste and mix it well.

16. Let it simmer for 5 minutes.

17. Add salt and coriander.

18. Mix it well and transfer it into a bowl.

19. Serve hot.