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Kattu refers to Dal in Kannada. Rasam | Saaru prepared only with Dal without using rasam powder is called kattu saaru or Tovve. This rasam is easy to prepare and tastes fantastic. In Udupi car street there is a hotel which is famous for Idly-tovve. Idly-tovve is available all the time here. Let me share tovve recipe with you.
Tovve/Kattu Saaru/Toor Dal Rasam Recipe
Ingredients
- Toor dal or Moong dal - 1/2 cup
- Tomato- 1 no.
- Green chillies- 2 no.
- Ginger- 2" piece
- Coriander leaves- handful
- Tamarind- small gooseberry size
- Lemon- 1/2
- Turmeric powder- 1/2 tsp
- Ghee- 2 tsp
- Asafoetida- A chickpea size
Seasoning ingredients
- Cumin seeds- 1 tsp
- Red chilly - 1 no.
- Curry leaves- 2 strand
Instructions
Preparation
- Pressure cook toor dal till mushy and mash well.
- Chop tomato and coriander leaves finely.Peel the skin of ginger and crush it using mortar and pestle.Slit green chillies in to two.
- Soak tamarind in hot water and extract 4 tea spoon of juice.
Method
- Heat a pan/vessel, add ghee, cumin seeds, broken red chilly and curry leaves.
- Saute for a while and when cumin seeds splutter add chopped tomatoes, crushed ginger, green chillies, turmeric powder and tamarind juice. Add some more water and let it boil for 5 mins.
- Add mashed toor dal, salt and dissolved asafoetida. Add water as per the consistency required. Bring it to boil and switch off the flame.
- Finally add lemon juice and coriander leaves. Check the taste for sourness and accordingly add lemon juice. Tovve/Kattu saaru is ready to be served with hot steamed rice or idly.
Note:
- Lemon juice is mandatory for this recipe. Tamarind is optional. I have used tamarind+lemon according to the sourness required for the rasam. Tamarind gives a different taste.
- Instead of toor dal one can use moong dal as well. Toor dal+ moong dal can also be used.
- Ghee can be replaced by coconut oil. But I recommend to use ghee, which gives nice aroma.
Meet you all with one more interesting Udupi recipe. Till then bye.
Thanks for posting this recipe. Very glad to have found your website, so I can make all the yummy dishes my mom used to make for me when I lived close to her. Kannada food is the best!