Masoppu Saaru / Mixed Green Dal
Masoppu saaru makes a superb
combination for Ragi Mudde/ Finger Millet balls.
Massoppu means mashed greens. You can prepare it using any combination of
leaves depending on the availability and taste. Here, I have used Spinach /
Palak and Dill / Sabbsige leaves.
Thanks to my friend dear Smita
Girish, who introduced me to
this dish and shared the recipe with me. I will upload a couple more dishes, that
I learnt from Smita. Hope you all will like it. Until then bye.
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Prep Time
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10 minutes
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Cooking Time
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25 Minutes
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Ingredients
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Cleaned Spinach
Leaves (Roughly)
Cleaned Dill
Leaves (Roughly)
Toor Dal/ Spilt
Pigeon Peas
Small Onion
(Roughly)
Tomato
Shredded Coconut
Garlic Pods
Cumin Seeds/
Jeera
Tamarind/
Tamarind Paste
Green Chillies
Chopped Onion
Salt
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2 Cups
1 Cup
1 Cup
1
1
2 Tbsp.
3
1 Tsp
Gooseberry size/
1 Tsp
4
¼ Cup
To taste
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For tempering
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Mustard Seeds
Whole Red Chilli (Optional)
Asafetida
Oil
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1 Tsp
1
A Pinch
2 Tsp.
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Method
  
1. Add the roughly chopped greens, onion, jeera,
tamarind, green chillies, garlic in a vessel.
2. In another vessel just add dal and tomato. Cook
both the greens mixture and dal together in a pressure cooker.
3. Let the pressure reduce and cool down. Pulse/grind
coarsely the greens mixture and dal together and set aside.
Note: Do not discard the water of the
cooked dal and the green. Keep it aside and use it later for cooking.
 
4. In a small pan prepare tempering. To the
tempering, add chopped onion and sauté for 3-4 mins. To this, add pulsed
green and dal mixture. Add salt and tamarind pulp.
 
5. Meanwhile grind the tomato and shredded coconut,
and add this to the cooking mixture. Check on the consistency of the mixture,
use the water that you had set aside after pressure cooking the dal and
greens. Add this water to the mixture that is cooking, and see that it is not
too dilute nor too thick. Adjust accordingly.
6. Boil the whole mixture for at least 10-15 mins on
medium heat.
7. Serve hot Massoppu with Ragi Mudde/ Finger millet
ball. You can serve Masoppu with hot rice as well.
Link to Ragi Mudde below:
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