
Avarekalu Huli Saru
Avarekalu Huli Saru is a traditional Old Mysore Vokkaliga curry made during the winter avarekalu (hyacinth bean) season. Fresh field beans are simmered with a coconut-coriander-green chilli paste, tempered with mustard, curry leaves, and tamarind. Served warm with ragi mudde, akki rotti, or steamed rice as a seasonal Karnataka classic.
Time 40 min · Serves 4 · 150 kcal · Old Mysore, Karnataka
Ingredients
Main
- salt (optional) (whole)
- Turmeric Powder — 0.13 tsp (ground)
- Fresh Field Beans (Avarekalu) — 0.5 cup (chopped)
- Red Chilli Powder (Lal Mirch) — 1 tbsp (ground)
- Potato — 1 piece (chopped)
- Sunflower Oil (optional) (whole)
- Tamarind (Block) — 18 g (whole)
- Coriander Leaves — 1 piece (ground)
- Garlic — 15 piece (ground)
- pearl onion — 1 piece (chopped)
- Brinjal — 1 piece (chopped)
- Fresh Coconut — 0.5 cup (whole)
- Tomato — 1 piece (chopped)
Tempering
- Cumin Seeds — 0.25 tsp (whole)
- white urad dal — 0.5 tsp (whole)
- Mustard Seeds (Black) — 0.5 tsp (whole)
- Curry Leaves — 2 piece (ground)
Method
- We begin making the Karnataka Style Avarekalu Huli Saru Recipe (Field Beans in a Coconut based Gravy Recipe) by soaking the averekallu in water for half an hour and remove the skin.
- Next heat a pressure cooker with oil and then saute the list of ingridients mention in the list to grind for few minutes till it turns golden.
- Once that is done, cool it down and grind it into a smooth paste using the mixer or a blender into a smooth paste.In the same pressure cooker, add some oil and saute the garlic, onion and tomato for few mintues till it becomes mushy and the raw smell goes away.
- Then add in the chopped vegetables along with the beans in the pressure cooker, adjust consistency by adding water into it.
- Cover it with the lid and pressure cook it for 4 whistle and open till all the pressure is released.
- Now to temper, heat a small skillet with oil and slowly temper the ingredients mentioned in the list and add it onto the gravy.
- Serve the Karnataka Style Avarekalu Huli Saru Recipe (Field Beans in a Coconut based Gravy Recipe) along with Steam Rice or Ragi Mudde to enjoy your lunch meal.
Common questions
- What is ಅವರೆಕಾಳು ಹುಲಿ ಸಾರು (ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಶೈಲಿ) in English?
- ಅವರೆಕಾಳು ಹುಲಿ ಸಾರು (ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಶೈಲಿ) is written Avarekalu Huli Saru in English.
- How many calories in one plate of Avarekalu Huli Saru?
- 150 kcal per plate.
- How much cooking time?
- 40 min — 15 min prep, 25 min cooking.
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