Chavlikayi Palya

Ingredients:

25-30 Chavlikayi / Gorikayi / Cluster Beans

Salt to taste

1 tsp Rasam powder / Sambar powder

1/4 tsp Tamrind powder

Pinch of Asafotida powder

Pinch of Turmeric powder

Grape sized Jaggary

2 - 3 tsp Putani Pudi

2-3 Curry leaves

1/4 tsp Mustard seeds

5-6 tsp Oil

Recipe:

Chop cluster beans into small pieces as shown in the picture below.

Add mustard seeds and oil in a thick bottommed vessel/pan. Once it starts spluttering, add curry leaves, asafotida powder and chopped clusterd beans. Add salt, turmeric powder and fry them for about 4-5 minutes. Add rasam powder/sambar powder, tamarind powder, jaggary and fry them for about 10-15 mins in medium flame. Add 2-3 tsp putani pudi and fry them for few mins. It goes well with Rice.

Basale Boluhuli

Ingredients:
1 bunch of Malbar Spinach / Basale
2 medium sized Onions
Pinch of Turmeric powder
Large grape sized Tamarind
Lemon sized Jaggary
1 Green Chilly
1/4 - 1/2 tsp Chilly powder
3/4 - 1cup cooked Yellow Lentils / Toor dal / Thogaribele
4 - 5 Curry Leaves
4 - 5 flakes of Garlic
Pinch of Asafoetida powder
Salt to taste
1 tsp Mustard seeds
2 tsp Oil

Recipe:

Wash malabar spinach properly, separate the leaves from its stem and keep it aside. Chop the malbar leaves into small pieces and stems into 1 inch sized pieces.

Cut green chilly into two pieces. Chop onion into medium sized long pieces.

Put tamarind, little amount of water in a bowl, mash it and keep it aside. Add chopped malbar leaves, stems, onion, green chillies, turmeric powder, tamarind water, jaggary, chilly powder, salt and little amount of water in a pressure cooker and cook. (1-2 whistles) Once the pressure goes off, add freshly cooked yellow lentils and bring it to boil.

Remove outer cover of garlic flakes, mash it and put it in a pan. Add 1-2 tsp oil to this pan and fry it for few minutes until it turns golden in colour. Add mustard seeds and once it starts spluttering add asafoetida powder, curry leaves and keep it for few seconds. Add this seasoning to Boluhuli. Mix well before serving. It goes well with Rice.