Ingredients

Passion fruit—3

Ghee (tuppa)—2 tablespoon

Jeera (jeerige//cumin seeds)—1 tablespoon

Black and corns( kaalu menasu)—1 tablespoon

Asafoetida (hing//ingu)—1 teaspoon

Dry red chillies (ona menasina kayi//lal mirch)—2

Curry leaves (karibevu//kadipatta)—few

Jaggery powder—2 tablespoon

Ginger ( shunti//adarak) paste—1 teaspoon

Salt—to taste

Water—3 to 4 cups

Method

Cut the passion fruits into halves,remove the pulp from fruit.

Add one cup of water and squeeze pulp and strain the juice.

Discard seeds.

Crush both jeera and black pepper corns to coarse powder.

Heat ghee in a kadai or pan on medium flame.

Once hot enough add crushed pepper corn,jeera powder and saute.

Then add broken red chilli,curry leaves,asafoetida and sauté on low flame.

Next add in ginger paste and sauté.

Finally add strained passion fruit juice,jaggery powder,salt and water.

Allow it to boil.

Once boiled well switch off the stove.

Tasty ,healthy passion fruit saaru is ready.

Serve pipping hot with cooked rice or drink it as soup.