Wednesday, March 16, 2016

Ganji Saaru


Ganji rasam( kadagu saaru). Kadagu in Telugu means wash. Basically, rice water/stock is used to prepare this rasam.
Basmati rice could be used if you want the rasam to have a special aroma. Suma shares this interesting recipe with all of us.

Ingredients Used:

Lemon sized tamarind
Two chopped tomatoes
Four slit green chillies
One small sliced onion
1 tsp coriander powder
Few fenugreek leaves or palak leaves (finely chopped)
Seasoning (  2 tsp oil, 1/2 tsp mustard seeds, 1/2 tsp each of coarsely ground jeera, pepper, 7-8 peeled garlic cloves and 4-5 curry leaves)

How to make:

Heat pan. Add tamarind water, rice water stock, chopped tomatoes, green chillies, onions, dhaniya powder, few palak leaves and cook till done. Heat oil. Prepare seasoning and mix it with the rasam
Tips:  You could also soak tomatoes, chillies, onions in the stock for 10-15 minutes, squeeze out the pulp and season it.

P.S: You could use rasam powder instead of ground jeera, pepper, garlic and curry leaves.