Recipe from the heart of Kumaon.

Rus is a kind of lentils soup prepared by mixed lentils stock.

Ingredients

• 1cup Gahat
• 1/2cup Kala chana
• 1/2cup Bhatt
• 1/2cup Rajma
• 1/2cup Kabuli chana
• 1cup Whole urad
• 1/2cup Lobia
• 1/2cup beans
• 1tsp Cumin powder
• 1tsp Coriander powder
• 1tsp Garam masala
• 1/2tsp Red chili powder
• 2tbsp Ginger and garlic paste
• A pinch of hing, turmeric powder
• 3pinches of clove powder and pepper powder
• 2-3tbsp Ghee
• Salt to taste

Preparation

Rus:

1. Soak all Dals overnight and wash them.
2. Soak rice overnight and grind into fine paste.
3. In a pressure cooker, cook the dals together with water.
4. Strain to seperate the solid dal from the rus. Mix the solid dal with some more water, heat and mash to obtain more rus and strain it too.
5. Mash and strain the remaining pulp again till the water runs clear.
6. In an iron kadai, heat ghee put hing (Aesafoetida), jeera and allow it to crackle. Now add ginger garlic paste to it and saute for a few seconds. Now add turmeric powder, coriander powder, red chili powder, garam masal, crushed cloves, peppers and salt.
7. Add the rus (Stock) to this mixture (which is inside the kadai) keep boiling till it satrts to thicken. If its not then add some rice paste and start boiling again.
8. Then Serve hot with lots of ghee and rice. (I like it with roti :))

Ladoos:

1. We can make ladoos from the solid part which is seperated from the rus. (My mom does this)
2. Add chopped onion and little bit pickle oil to the solid dal
3. Shape it into big round balls and serve it with lime and chat masala.