A typical saaru recepie of a South Indian Graduate Student:
STEP 1) Cut Onion, cut tomatoes, wash toor daal, pour a little oil in the cooker and the above items and pressure cook for 2-3 whistles let it cool down and smash it.
STEP 2) Cut ALOO and boil.
STEP 3) Mix the above put water,salt, saaru pudi and garnish it.
Ready to eat.
How to prepare CAULIFLOWER Saaru:
STEP 1) Cut Onion, cut tomatoes, wash toor daal, pour a little oil in the cooker and the above items and pressure cook for 2-3 whistles let it cool down and smash it.
STEP 2) Cut CAULIFLOWER and boil.
STEP 3) Mix the above put water,salt, saaru pudi and garnish it.
Ready to eat.
By induction it is true for any VEGETABLE saaru!!
Just replace the main vegetable and u get the curry ready!
Pros:
1) Very Consistent taste(rather the stereotype ;) ),
and will not change unless you get a distress call to attend in the bathroom whereby the vegetable overcooks and/or gets burnt out!
2) You can prepare it when u are totally drunk and bet on the taste to remain the same! ;)
3) In case you do not have the main VEGETABLE, just open a bag of FROZEN mixed vegetable and your are done again!
4) You can prepare STEP 1 in a bulk and use it during your subsequent cooking turns as a standard base.
Cons:
1) In case either Onion/Tomoto gets over you are at loss and have to stay hungry whole day despite the presence of all/any other vegetable in your refregirator as you cannot proceed beyond STEP 1.
2) You completely loose the sense of taste and any dish that tastes different than the above preperation will be qualified as a very good dish and in some cases over exposure to the above may cause your tounge to loose sensation to any other dishes! :P
Some variants of above where in use of coconut powder and a mixer may be in practice, but the steps will remain very consistent to such a practice. :)
Welcome to the Kitchen of a typical South Indian Graduate Student! What you are going to taste here today is,......
What you will taste after 2 years.. Please do, Come back for a feast!!
