Tomato Hurgadle Rasam & Cabbage Stir-fry (Palya)

Tomato Hurgadle Rasam:

You will need:
3 medium sized tomatoes
2-3 tbsps Fried Gram (Hurgadle)

Roast:
3 Byadgi* 2 Guntur** dry red chillies (fry in little oil)
1 tbsp coriander seeds
½ tbsp cumin seeds
4-5 Whole black pepper
¼ tsp Fenugreek seeds
¼ tsp Mustard seeds
¼ tsp Hing
¼ tsp Turmeric powder
Few curry leaves

Roast each separately and grind to a fine powder. This is Rasam powder (saarina pudi)

*Byadgi chillies : Byadagi chillies are grown in Goa and Dharwar in Karnataka. These chillies are also called Kaddi chillies and when dried, the skin is wrinkled red in color with aromatic mild pungency.

**Guntur chillies: Guntur Sanman Chillies are cultivated in Guntur , Warangal , Khamman district of Andra Pradesh. The Guntur chillies are long with thick red skin with very high pungency.

Notice the change in texture and colour of the two varieties. Byadagi imparts colour and less spiciness to a dish whereas Guntur imparts all the spiciness and very less or no colour at all.

Seasoning:
Mustard seasoning (mustard fried in little oil with hing)
Few curry leaves
½ cup Tamarind juice
¼ “ pc Jaggery
Chopped coriander
Salt to taste

1. Cube the tomatoes and pressure cook with fried gram with sufficient water.
2. Pulse this boiled mixture in a blender till it’s a fine puree.
3. Add the ground powder to this and bring to a boil. Add salt, tamarind juice, jaggery, salt and curry leaves. Add the mustard seasoning and boil for at least 10 mins. Garnish with chopped coriander.
4. Serve hot with steamed white rice.

Cabbage Palya (stir-fry):

You will need:
1 cup chopped cabbage
4 green chillies ; slit lengthwise
Few curry leaves
1 ½ tsps Cumin seeds
¼ tsp turmeric powder
Salt to taste

1. Boil cabbage till done and keep aside.
2. Heat oil in a pan, add cumin seeds. When it begins to splutter add curry leaves and green chillies. Add the turmeric.
3. Now add the boiled cabbage and salt, mix well, cook for a minute or two and serve.

This is a good accompaniment with Tomato hurgadle rasam and rice. Enjoy!!

Update on 17/08/07:

These two recipes are also my entries to the Summer Express Cooking event hosted by Shaheen of Malabar Spices. The deadline is fast approaching and I haven't thought of an entry so why not this...can be made is less than 30! :)