Bassaru

                                                                     The Bassaru

                                                             The Green Broth

Here goes my first recipe. Back at Bangalore , my neighbor used to make this lovely kolambu called as “Bassaru” . Apparently mom learned this dish from her and its one of the favourites in our house since then. Bassuru can also be done with Radish broth, Beans broth etc
Just pressure cook radish or beans with sambhar paruppu . and use this strained water as a variation for Greens Broth .

Bassaru

The key ingredient for this recipe is the Greens Broth.

Method to prepare the Greens broth
1.Take greens such as siru keerai , venthaya keerai and palak and ½ a cup of sambhar paruppu.
2. Pressure cook the above with 4 cups of water. Do not over cook
3. Strain the water when its is done . The water that we strained is secret ingedrient ( Greens broth )
PS: Well if u are wondering what to do with the greens and paruppu jus make a poriyal out of it

Remaining ingredients
Tomato – 2
Onion – 1
Corainder seeds- 2 tbsp
Cumin seeds – 1 tbsp
Pepper corns – 6
Garlic pods – 6
Red Chillies – 5
Scrapped coconut – ½ cup
Tamarind – lemon size
Kadugu , ulutham paruppa and curry leaves for the thalippu.
Salt to taste.

Method.
1. Dry roast the red chillies , cumin seeds , coriander seeds , pepper corns, coconut scrapping and keep aside
2. Add little oil and fry the onions , tomatoes and garlic.
3. Grind 1 and 2 and make a smooth paste
4. Heat 2 drops of oil in a kadai and turn in the grinded paste and tamarind pulp.
5. Add Green Broth at this stage and salt and bring the kolambu to boil. Vary the amount of greens broth for thick and thin version of the kolambhu .
6. Garnish the kolambhu with kadugu , ulutham paruppu and karuvepillai thalippu.

Serve Bassaru with rice , dosa or Ragi kali.Or enjoy it as a keerai soup.

Try it and do give me ur feedbacks. I hope you guys will love it

Luv,
NithiShri