Appe Saaru | Appe HuLi | Raw Mango Saaru
Author: Vindhya Desai
Recipe type: Lunch
Cuisine: Indian
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Serves: 3 Cups
- 1 roughly diced raw mango
- 2 green chilli
- 1 Tsp jeera
- ¼ Tsp mustard
- 5-6 black peppercorns
- 7-8 menthya/methi seeds/fenugreek
- Salt to taste
- 1 small piece jaggery/bella/gur
- 1 small piece hing/asafoetida/ingu
- ¼ Cup coconut milk
- Chopped coriander to garnish
- 1 Tsp coconut oil
- ½ Tsp mustard
- ½ Tsp jeera
- 1 broken red chilli
- ¼ Tsp urad dal
- Few curry leaves
- Peel and dice the mango
- In a pan, lightly roast the methi seeds until light golden
- Next we need to grind the raw mango along with spices, add green chilli
- Also add the roasted menthya/methi seeds, jeera, black pepper and mustard
- Add little hing, grind with little water into a paste
- Pour this paste into a vessel/pan
- Add about ½ Cup water to adjust to thin consistency
- Bring it to a light boil
- Add salt to taste and jaggery, boil for a minute
- Pour coconut milk and boil for further one minute
- Make tadka with coconut oil, jeera, hing, urad dal, mustard
- Once mustard and jeera splutter, add red chilli and curry leaves, allow them to turn crisp
- Pour tadka over saaru and add chopped coriander
- Enjoy with ragi mudde or steamed white rice
Ensure raw mango is not too sour
You can use regular cooking oil instead of coconut oil if you do not have it on hand
Adjust spice and jaggery as per your taste
Recipe by Food Of Interest at https://foodofinterest.com/appe-saaru/
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