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Venkatesh comes up with another dish, Kudothu Saru, from Mangalore. The dish has its origins from the ‘Tulu’ community in Mangalore. Kudothu Saru, a traditional Brahmin dish, is a soup made from horse grams. Without wasting much time let’s see it from the man itself. Here’s Venkatesh for you :

As always, the video is what all you people want, we’ve even listed the ingredients and the method of preparation just in case you want to note it down.

Ingredients :

Horse gram (boiled) – 200gm
Cinnamon – 2 barks
Cardamom – 3 nos.
Cloves – 3 nos.
Tomatoes (sliced) – 2 nos.
Onion – 2 nos.
Cumin – 10gm
Saunf – 10 gm
Grated Coconut – 50gm
Coriander powder – 20gm
Chilli powder – 20gm
Turmeric powder – 10gm
Jaggery – 50gm
Coriander (chopped) – 1 bunch
Cooked rice – 50gm
Chopped carrots, beans, cauliflower (mixed) – 50gm

Method :

Soak horse gram seeds in luke warm water for half an hour
Cook in a pressure cooker for 5-6 whistles
Heat some oil in a pan
Put garlic pods, cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, tomatoes, onions, turmeric powder
Add water and bring it to boil
Add grated coconut, jaggery and horse grams
Take it off the fire and strain it
Mash it while straining
Mix in boiled rice and par boiled vegetables and the chopped coriander
Serve and enjoy !

Hope you’ve enjoyed learning the soup, if you have any questions for Venkatesh ? Drop them in the comments section and get the answers right here.