After our Ayurveda class, Transitions to Winter on November 16, several students have asked about the recipe for Pepper Soup and more information about Bitter Melon (Gourd).
Here are recipes for both from Mysore, India, from the cookbook, Exotic Cuisine of Mysore, by Pratibha Kattemalavadi. Ingredients can be found at Patel Bros and ValuMarket.
Pepper Soup is often fed to us when we are not feeling well, cooked by Nagarathna Rao, our Mysore Mom. This recipe sounds similar to hers:
I cup Toor Dal (mung dal may also be used)
1 tsp pepper
2 tsp cumin seeds
2 tsp coriander seeds
2 pinch asafoetida
1 lemon
1 tsp salt
1 tsp sugar
2-3 curry leaves (available fresh at Patel Bros)
Heat 1 tsp oil in a frying pan and fry 1-1/2 tsp cumin seeds, pepper, coriander seeds, and curry leaves. Remove from heat and belnd in a blender without water. Coo the dal in 4 cups water . Add salt, sugar, the blended spice powder, and squeeze the lemon juice in. Boil for a few minutes and add this seasoning mixture:
Heat 1 tsp oil in a frying pan and fry 1/2 tsp cumin and asafoetida for a few seconds.
Soup can be served with rice, but Nagarathna always served it by itself.
Bitter Gourd Spiced Curry
5 medium sized bitter gourd
1/2 cup grated fresh coconut
1 tsp black mustard seeds
1 tblsp fried chana dal (split chickpeas)
1 tsp foenugreek
1/2 tsp tumeric
1-2 green chilies
1 tblsp white sesame seeds
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 tblsp tamarind paste
1/2-1 tblsp salt
3-4 tblsp sugar
Cut bitter gourd into small cubes. Dry fry or roast sesame seeds until it stops popping. Remove from heat. Blend grated coconut, mustard seeds, fried chana, tumeric, green chilies, fried sesame seeds together with water to make a fine paste.
Heat oil in a frying pan. Add mustard seeds and foenugreek, and when they are finished popping, add the bitter gourd cubes. Fry until golden brown. Add tamarind paste, salt, sugar and 1/3 cup water. Boil for 1 minute. Add the blended spice mixture, cook for 3 minutes.
Serve with hot rice.
More information about Bitter Melon and its sues and properties can be found extensively on the internet, eg: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Momordica_charantia
Here are recipes for both from Mysore, India, from the cookbook, Exotic Cuisine of Mysore, by Pratibha Kattemalavadi. Ingredients can be found at Patel Bros and ValuMarket.
Pepper Soup is often fed to us when we are not feeling well, cooked by Nagarathna Rao, our Mysore Mom. This recipe sounds similar to hers:
I cup Toor Dal (mung dal may also be used)
1 tsp pepper
2 tsp cumin seeds
2 tsp coriander seeds
2 pinch asafoetida
1 lemon
1 tsp salt
1 tsp sugar
2-3 curry leaves (available fresh at Patel Bros)
Heat 1 tsp oil in a frying pan and fry 1-1/2 tsp cumin seeds, pepper, coriander seeds, and curry leaves. Remove from heat and belnd in a blender without water. Coo the dal in 4 cups water . Add salt, sugar, the blended spice powder, and squeeze the lemon juice in. Boil for a few minutes and add this seasoning mixture:
Heat 1 tsp oil in a frying pan and fry 1/2 tsp cumin and asafoetida for a few seconds.
Soup can be served with rice, but Nagarathna always served it by itself.
Bitter Gourd Spiced Curry
5 medium sized bitter gourd
1/2 cup grated fresh coconut
1 tsp black mustard seeds
1 tblsp fried chana dal (split chickpeas)
1 tsp foenugreek
1/2 tsp tumeric
1-2 green chilies
1 tblsp white sesame seeds
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 tblsp tamarind paste
1/2-1 tblsp salt
3-4 tblsp sugar
Cut bitter gourd into small cubes. Dry fry or roast sesame seeds until it stops popping. Remove from heat. Blend grated coconut, mustard seeds, fried chana, tumeric, green chilies, fried sesame seeds together with water to make a fine paste.
Heat oil in a frying pan. Add mustard seeds and foenugreek, and when they are finished popping, add the bitter gourd cubes. Fry until golden brown. Add tamarind paste, salt, sugar and 1/3 cup water. Boil for 1 minute. Add the blended spice mixture, cook for 3 minutes.
Serve with hot rice.
More information about Bitter Melon and its sues and properties can be found extensively on the internet, eg: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Momordica_charantia
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