RAGI MUDDE-- MASSOPPU

Ragi Mudde a very helthy meal from KARNATAKA.Normaly I make ragi mudde with Bassaru a another delicious dish from Karnataka, but when i saw this combo of Ragi mudde and Massoppu in LGs Taste of Mysore long back ,I wanted to try this one and now I tried it for my RM Karnataka theem. Thank u somuch LG for such a delicious combo we loved it.Ragi Mudde, a popular food of Karnataka. It is a staple food of farmers in southern parts of Karnataka.
For Ragi Mudde :------
Ragi(Finger Millet) Flour : 1 cup
Semolina (upma rava or very fine wheat rava)
Water : 2 cups
Salt to taste
Heat 2 glasses of water, add salt and rava and let it cook till soft.
Add 1 cup of millet flour to boiling water & rava mixture and reduce the flame to medium,Let it cook for 3-4 mins. After 3 mins take the vessel from the stove and mix it with a wooden stick make sure that there are no lumps
Spoon the flour to a edgeless plate. Wet your hands and make a nice ball.Punch a little hole in the center and add a drop of ghee :) and serve hot! It tastes good when it is hot.

Mossoppu is a blend of fresh greens cooked with pigeon peas, garlic and green chillies. It is served with Ragi balls.
Spinach ---- 1 bunch finely chopped
Toordal --- 1 cup
Garlic--- 3 no crushed
Onion : 1 cut in to small cubes
Turmeric : 1 pinchGreen Chillies : 4-5 or according to your taste
Grated fresh coconut : 2tbsp
.Coriander powder : 1tsp (freshly toasted and coarsely powdered will give a better taste
Tamarind juice : 2tbsp
sambar powder or huli pudi or saarina pudi --- 1 1/2 tea sp
Oil --- 1 tab sp
Mustard seeds – 1/2 tea sp
Cumin seeds – 1/2 tea sp
red chillies --- 2 broken in to small pieces
A few curry leaves,
Asafetida --- a pinch
Combine the dal, spinach, chopped onion, garlic and green chillies in a pressure cooker and cook till 3-4 whistles.
Heat oil in a pan Add the mustand, curry leaves and hing, and add this to cooked spinach mixture.
Add tamarind salt,coriander powder, coconut and saarinapudi, Bring it to a boil.
Check and adjust flavors accordingly.
Massoppu is ready to eat with ragi mudde.