Hello everybody, it is Louise, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, rasam. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Rasam is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. Rasam is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.
Rasam recipe - Simple, easy & quick recipe to make delicious rasam at home. Also known as saaru in Kannada and chaaru in Telugu, rasam is a most basic and essential dish in a South Indian meal. Rasam normally forms the second course in a traditional south Indian menu. There are various way of preparing it.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have rasam using 17 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Rasam:
- Prepare 2 tbsp toovar (arhar) dal
- Take 1/2 cup finely chopped tomatoes
- Prepare 1/4 cup tamarind (imli) pulp
- Prepare 1 pinch asafoetida (hing)
- Prepare 1 pinch turmeric powder (haldi)
- Make ready to taste salt
- Prepare 1 tsp oil
- Take 1/4 tsp mustard seeds (rai / sarson)
- Prepare 3-4 curry leaves (kadi patta)
- Make ready 2 tbsp chopped coriander (dhania)
- Make ready For The Rasam Powder
- Get 1 tsp coriander (dhania) seeds
- Prepare 3 whole dry kashmiri red chillies, broken into pieces
- Prepare 5-6 black peppercorns (kalimirch)
- Get 1 tsp toovar (arhar) dal
- Prepare 1/2 tsp chana dal (split bengal gram)
- Get 1 pinch cumin seeds (jeera)
You can replace my rasam powder with store bought rasam powder too. This can be made with few variations too, which I always do. Hot rasam, hot rice plus ghee - heavenly combination. Rasam is a south Indian soup which is eaten with rice.
Steps to make Rasam:
- Method - For the rasam powder - Combine all the ingredients in a broad non-stick pan and sauté on a medium flame for 2 to 3 minutes. Allow to cool completely. - Once cooled, blend in a mixer to a smooth powder. Keep aside.
- Combine the toovar dal with 1 cup of water in a pressure cooker and pressure cook for 3 whistles. - With help of a hand blender, blend the dal till smooth, add the prepared rasam powder into it, mix well and keep aside
- Combine the tomatoes, tamarind pulp, turmeric powder, asafoetida, salt and 3 cups of water, mix well and cook on a medium flame for 8 to 10 minutes, while stirring occasionally.
- Add the prepared dal-rasam powder mixture, mix well and cook on a medium flame for 3 to 4 minutes, while stirring occasionally. Keep aside. - For the tempering, heat the oil in a small pan and add the mustard seeds and curry leaves.
- When the seeds crackle, add the tempering to the prepared rasam and simmer for 1 minute. - Add the coriander and mix well.
Hot rasam, hot rice plus ghee - heavenly combination. Rasam is a south Indian soup which is eaten with rice. It is a delicious soup and is very light and good for fevers, coughs and cold. Rasam recipe with step by step photos - just plain rasam happens to be a family favorite. Rasam can be made in two ways - with rasam powder and without rasam powder.
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