Recipe of Alasandi Kalu Saaru

In this blog, I am going to share the Recipe of Alasandi Kalu Saaru. This is a highly nutritious and protein-rich food. Alasande kalu saaru is one of my family’s favorite recipes. We make it at home on a regular basis. In the olden days, our ancestors used to work on the farms for the whole day, they needed more energy and strength to work. So, they consumed more pulses and legumes for high protein requirements. Alasande kaalu saaru tastes delicious. You should definitely give it a try.

Now let’s jump into the Recipe of Alasandi Kalu Saaru.

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Ingredients for Recipe of Alasandi Kalu Saaru

Instructions with Images 

Soak 250 grams of Black eyed peas/alasande kaalu overnight.

In a pressure cooker add Soaked Black-eyed peas

Now add 1 and ½ glasses of water

Add ½ tbsp Salt and Pressure cook for 4-5 whistles.

Now, in a mixing jar, add ½ cup of sliced coconut

Add 1 medium-sized onion sliced.

Add 2 medium-sized tomatoes chopped

Now add 1 small lemon-sized tamarind

Add 2 tbsp Red chili powder.

Add 1/4th tbsp Turmeric powder

And add 1 cup of Fresh coriander leaves

Grind it into a smooth paste by adding little water.

Now, Add 4 chopped Ivy guards

Add 2 Brinjals chopped and 1 medium-sized Potato diced.

Lastly, add 1 small chopped tomato.

Cook it for 1 more whistle.

Now add cooked vegetables and black-eyed peas into a deep vessel.

Now, add the masala that we prepared earlier into it.

Mix everything well and Cook it till it starts to boil.

Now, add 1 tbsp Red chili powder or 1-2 green chilies for taste.

Add the salt according to taste if required and Cook it on low flame for 5 minutes.

In a tempering pan, add 1 tbsp oil and heat it.

Tempering for Sambar

Now add, ½ tbsp mustard seeds

Add 1 dry red chili

Add 5-6 curry leaves and let them splatter and turn off the stove.

Now add it to the sambar and mix everything well.

Lastly, add 2 tbsp chopped coriander leaves.

The tastiest Alasande kaalu saaru is ready to savor.

Also, try  our other Sambar recipes

You can enjoy it with Rice, Ragi mudde, jowar rotti, Ragi rotti, etc. It tastes heavenly and amazing. Please give it a try and enjoy it with your friends and family. I bet you love it. I have also shared many other recipes. If you like the recipe, please share it with your friends and family.

Happy Eating!