Masida Soppu Saaru | Assorted Green Leaves Curry - Karnataka Style
Masida Soppu Saaru is a curry prepared with green leafy vegetables and sambar powder , its a popular curry prepared in Vokkaliga Community Karnataka.
Servings 5
Calories 162kcal
Ingredients
- 2 Cups Chopped Spinach leaves or 1 large bunch Spinach
- 1 Cup Dil Leaves chopped or1 small bunch
- 1 Cup Fenugreek leaves or 1 small bunch
- ¼ cup Coriander leaves optional
- ½ Cup Toor Dal
- 1 ½ No's Onion medium size
- 2 No's Tomatoes
- 3 No's Green Chilly
- 6 Garlic Cloves
- 1 ½ teaspoon Salt or as required
For Masala Paste
- ½ cup Fresh Grated Coconut
- 1 teaspoon Tamarind ,firmly pressed
- 2 tablespoon Sambar Powder
For Tempering
- 2-3 teaspoon Cooking Oil
- ½ teaspoon Mustard Seeds
- 2 sprigs Curry Leaves
- 2 Dry Red Chilli ,Broken
- ¼ teaspoon Asafoetida
- ½ small Onion , Quartered and crushed
- 3 Garlic cloves ,crushed
Instructions
- Clean all the green and thoroughly wash . Roughly chop greens .Rinse and wash Toor dal.
- In pressure cooker,add toor dal,onion, 6 cloves of garlic,tomatoes,green chilly and all greens.Add 1 cup of water and pressure cook for a whistle
- When pressure is released on its own,drain the water and keep it aside. Allow it to cool .
- Once cooled , place all the above cooked greens and dal into a mixer/processor and blend/ process for 3-5 seconds such that everything is blended well.
- In a small mixer jar,add fresh coconut,tamarind and sambar powder to a very smooth paste by adding little water.
- Take a pan,heat oil,add mustard seeds once it sputters add all the seasoning ingredients listed above in order.
- Fry Onion and garlic for a 2 minutes,add the above grounded coconut paste fry well till oil leaves the corners.
- For this add cooked and mashed greens,mix well. Add drained water and also about 2.5 - 3 cups of water, add salt to taste. Cover and bring to boil . Once it starts to boil,turn off the heat. Alternatively you can also close pressure cooker and when its about to whistle, turn off the stove. Refer notes
- Masida soppu saaru will be ready to serve .Serve this curry along with Ragi Mudde / Ragi Balls or plain Rice .
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Notes
- If you are not using coconut,then soak tamarind in water,extract the juice out of it for this mix sambar powder and add it after adding mashed greens.
- You can use any assorted Green leafy vegetables of your choice except gongura and Nugge soppu/Drumstick leaves.If you add more greens,then adjust curry powder accordingly.
- Cover with any lid or pressure cooker lid and boil , as it splutters when boils. I prefer to cook with pressure cooker lid with weight , as no monitor is needed. When whistle is about to come, turn off the stove and allow pressure to release on its own. It doesn't take more than 5-6 minutes.
Nutrition
Calories: 162kcal