Horse Gram Rasam:

Horse Gram Soup or Ulavu Chaaru in Telugu or Kollu Rasam in Tamil.

Horse gram is known for its fibre. Moreover it maintains the cholesterol bed. It is good to have this if you are over weight and if you have diatebetic problems. If you are too diet cautious.....just go for this rasam weakly twice and see the change.

Ingredients:

Horse gram 1 cup
Garlic with skin 8-10 cloves
Dry red chilies 5
Rasam powder 1-2 spoons
Turmeric powder 1/4 spoon
Salt
Mustard seeds 1/2 spoon
Cumin seeds 1/2 spoon
Asafoetida 1/4 spoon
Curry leaves few
Tamarind paste 1 spoon.

Method:

Soak the horse gram overnight(one can even roast them before soaking)

Pressure cook with salt for at least 1 whistle.

Don't throw the water of pressure cooked horse gram. Use that water to dilute the tamarind paste. Maybe makeup it till 4 cups of tamarind juice.

Semi crush the garlic along with skin.

One can use dry chilies as such or make them into flakes.(making into flakes will give real heat to the stuff)

In a pan heat few spoons of oil. Add mustard, cumin, asafoetida, curry leaves and dry chilies. Let them pop and splutter well.

Now add garlic and fry for a while. Add salt, turmeric and rasam powder.

To this set up add the diluted tamarind water.

One can either add the horse gram too to this rasam(or retain to make some fried items using this)

Add horse gram too to this rasam. Let them all boil once or twice.

Serve this with plain steam cooked rice.