Monday, March 28, 2011

Kollu Parupu

Description :

Kollu means whole brown lentils.Also known as horse gram.Its widely used to prepare
kollu parupu,klollu rasam and so on in few parts of Tamil Nadu like Kongu Nadu etc.
Horse gram is very good for health.



Ingredients:
Kollu/Horse Gram - 1 Cup
Big Onion - 1
Green Chilli - 1
Oil - 1 Drop
Water - 1 Cup
Salt - To Taste

Method:

Soak the kollu/horse gram overnight or atleast for 5 to 6 hours.

Chop the onions finely.Slit the green chilli lengthwise.

Pressure cook all the ingredients for  5  to 6 whistles.

Let it cool and grind it to a coarse paste with very little
water.

Serve it with hot rice,ghee and kollu rasam.


Note : Reserve the water used for cooking kollu for making
           kollu rasam.




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