MASOPPU RECIPE / KARNATAKA STYLE SOPPU SAARU RECIPE

Masoppu Recipe / How to do Karnataka style Masoppu recipe | Masoppu recipe with detailed step by step photo .

Being from Karnataka , i want ” Cook with Smile ” to be one stop destination for most of the Karnataka cuisine . So today i’ll share recipe of one more authentic Karnataka Dish ” Masoppu Saaru ” . Masoppu actually means ” Masida + Soppu – Mashed greens ” and saaru is Rasam / gravy ” . Basically it is a type of gravy where in tuvar dal and 3-4 different varieties mixed greens are cooked together along with few other spices and mashed. It is later boiled  to get a very flavorful gravy that tastes amazing.Usually palak , dill leaves ( sabsige ) , Amaranthus , methi leaves etc are used to make masoppu .. but if you don’t have mixed greens available , you can use any 1 variety ..whichever is available. I had shared before soppina sambar and bassaru recipe .. those 2 greens curry is entirely different from today’s masoppu . Spicy Masoppu,  little ghee, Ragi Mudde / Rice is one awesome combination…. a healthy meal  in itself !!!

MASOPPU RECIPE / KARNATAKA STYLE SOPPU SAARU RECIPE (

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Course Main Course

Cuisine Indian, karnataka

Ingredients

 

• 3 cups Mixed green leaves, Palak+amaranthus +methi+dill etc. whichever is available
• 1 cup Spit pigeon pea /Tuvar dal
• 1 big size onion
• 1 medium size tomato
• 3-4 nos Green Chilli
• 4-5 flakes Garlic
• 2-3 tbsp coconut, grated
• 1 tsp Cumin Seeds /Jeera
• a big pinch Turmeric powder /Haldi
• Small gooseberry sized Tamarind
• 1 tsp Rasam powder
• Salt to taste

to temper

• 2-3 tsp Cooking oil / ghee
• 1/2 tsp Mustard seeds
• few Curry Leaves
• a big pinch of Asafoetida/ hing

Instructions

 

• Clean and roughly chop 3-4 different types of greens like Palak , Dill leaves ( sabsige soppu ), methi , amaranthus ( harive soppu / dantina soppu ) , chakotha or which ever greens is available .
  
• Add water and turmeric to tuvar dal and Cook .
  
• To the cooked dal , add chopped greens , diced onion , diced tomato , green chilli , garlic , jeera , coconut and tamarind . Pressure cook 2 whistles .
  
• Open the pressure cooker .. once the pressure releases .
  
• Once the pressure releases , mash it using a masher or hand blender or if using a mixie , pulse 1-2 mins . Don't make super paste .
  
• Add salt to taste , tsp of rasam powder and water as required . Bring it to boil . Finally temper with mustard , hing and curry leaves .
• Masoppu is ready . Relish it with hot rice or ragi mudde .
  

Notes

• If you don't get mixed greens , you can make masoppu using spinach / Spinach + methi / spinach + dill etc . Typically a mix of different variety of greens is used for masoppu .
• I don't like to mash masoppu like a puree or soup . So prefer using a masher to mash greens and dal .
• In the above recipe , quantity of onion n garlic can be adjusted according to your pref .