Karnataka Special Huli Tovve Recipe

Madhuri Aggarwal

April 20, 2024

5278 Ratings

Time:Prep: 10 M|Cook: 30 M|Total: 40 M

Makes:2 Servings

Meal:Lunch

Cuisine:Kerala Recipes

Huli Tovve is a speciality from Karnataka and is a must have curry in a traditional wedding meal. Huli Tovve is a kind of sambar made using ground masala with a lot of mixed vegetables.

Serve Huli Tovve with hot steamed rice and Elai Vadam.

If you like this recipe, you can also try Kerala Style Varutharacha Sambar and Tomato Onion Sambar.

Huli Tovve is a speciality from Karnataka and is a must have curry in a traditional wedding meal. Huli Tovve is a kind of sambar made using ground masala with a lot of mixed vegetables.

Serve Huli Tovve with hot steamed rice and Elai Vadam.

If you like this recipe, you can also try Kerala Style Varutharacha Sambar and Tomato Onion Sambar.

Ingredients

For the paste

1 Mixed vegetables, (french beans, carrot, pumpkin, potatoes)

1/4 Raw Peanuts (Moongphali)

1/2 Arhar dal (Split Toor Dal)

Salt, to taste

1 Jaggery

1/4 Fresh coconut, grated

6 Dry Red Chillies

1 Chana dal (Bengal Gram Dal)

1 White Urad Dal (Split)

1 Cinnamon Stick (Dalchini)

For tempering

1 Oil

1 Mustard seeds (Rai/ Kadugu)

Asafoetida (hing), A pinch

Curry leaves, as required

Instructions for Karnataka Special Huli Tovve Recipe

To begin with Huli Tovve, wash and soak the toor dal till you prepare your vegetables.

Wash and cut the vegetables. Pressure cook Toor dal, mixed vegetables and peanuts till they the cooker releases 3-4 whistles.

The next step is to prepare the paste. Dry roast urad dal, chana dal, cinnamon and red chilli separately till they turn light gold. Add coconut to this and grind all of this into a smooth paste.

Remove the lid after the cooker cools down. Add the ground paste to this and 2 cups of water, salt and jaggery and boil. Boil till the hulitovve thickens on high flame.

For tempering, heat the oil in a tadka pan. Add mustard seeds and let it crackle. Add red chilly and curry leaves. Once they crisp up, add it to the hulitovve.

Serve Huli Tovve with hot steamed rice and Elai Vadam.