Recipe : Haalu Menasina Saaru - Milk and Black Pepper Soup

I was craving some nice spicy home cooked soul food after returning from holiday.

Goan sausage chilli fry, egg masala, broccoli and bottle gourd with split Bengal gram and haalu menasina saaru (milk and black pepper soup - a Kannadiga Brahmin recipe)

Given the black pepper in it, this rasam / soup is great during winters and the monsoon season and is used to treat seasonal coughs and colds.

Dry roast

1 tsp - 1tbsp Black pepper,
2 tbsp dhal - I used channa, you can use channa & urad 50-50 and
2 tbsp grated coconut.

Cool & grind these ingredients in a dry grinder.

Fry this ground mixture in 1 tbsp ghee.

Add some water (from washing the grinder)

When it bubbles, add 1 cup room temperature or warm milk on medium to low flame.

Let it come to a boil and thicken a bit.

Keep stirring, so it doesn’t burn.

Season with ghee - methi, hing, jeera, whole red chilli, curry leaves

Before serving, garnish with fresh coriander.

We have it as soup, rasam, dunking dip for rotis, or poured over hot rice.

The final picture is my plate of rice with the milk soup and eggs.