MASOPPU RECIPE / KARNATAKA STYLE SOPPU SAARU RECIPE (
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 .