rasam
It is a famous South Indian side dish.
Cooking Time
10min
Prep Time
5 min
Serves
8
Categories
Dinner
Lunch
Side Dish
Cuisines
Indian - Kerala
Ingredients
Main Section
tuvar
1/2
cup
Use only cooked water of tuvar dal for rasam.
Rasam Powder
1
tbsp
Madras Rasam powder. 1 heap tbsp.
tamarind pulp
1
tsp
black crushed pepper
1
tsp
tomatoes
1
unit/count
Big tomato
hing
1
pinch
salt
1
tsp
turmeric
1
tsp
Garlic flakes
4
unit/count
4 flakes of crushed garlic
jaggery
1
tsp
Heap tsp
mustard seeds
1
tsp
jeera
1
tsp
Red whole chilly
1
unit/count
curry leaves
2
sprig
coriander leaves
1
tbsp
water
5
cup
oil
1
tbsp
Step 1
Soak tuvar dal in water for 1/2 hour & cook it in cooker giving required no. of whistles.
Step 2
Next take a vessel & put only the water of dal. Add salt, Madras Rasam powder, tamarind pulp, pepper powder, cut tomato, hing, turmeric, smashed garlic flakes, jaggery, 5 cups of water & boil altogether for some time. Switch off the gas.
Step 3
Now keep a small kadai on gas, put oil in it & spurt mustard seeds, jeera, red wholechilly & curry leaves & pour it into Rasam. Add cut coriander leaves.
Step 4
Rasam is ready to be had as a side dish with rice.
