Rasam

 

Course: Lunch

Cuisine: Indian

Author: Nivetha Jagadeesh

 

Rasam means juice . It contains spices garnished with coriander leaves.it is a traditional south Indian soup it can be used by different names charu (in telegu), rasam (in tamil), it is made up from the tamarind and tomato juices. The ingredients contains in rasam are pepper , cumin seeds , red chilli etc… which cures severe cold and cough . The origin of rasam is Madurai. No Indian meals is fulfilled without rasam. It is very easy to prepare and it favorite to me. rasam  contains 95 calories. It can be served with simple poriyal . kootu combination gives a perfect match . Let’s gets started our receipe.

 

Rasam

Ingredients:

Finely chopped Tomato - 4

Black pepper – 1 tsp

Cumin seeds – 1 tsp

Dhaniya – 1 tsp

Garlic – 1

Hing – 1/2 tsp

Red chilli - 4

Curry leaves - 4

Coriander leaves- few

Salt – As Needed

Water - Required

Oil – 2 tbsp

Mustard seeds – 1 tsp

Fenugreek – 1 /2 tsp

Tamarind – 1 lemon sized

Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp

 

Instructions:

• Soak 1 lemon sized tamarind for 20 minutes.
• After 20 minutes squeeze the soaked tamarind to a pulp.
• Strain and keep it aside.
• In a mixie grinder add black pepper, cumin seeds, dhaniya, garlic, red chilli and blend it to a coarse powder.
• Heat oil in a pan after sometimes add mustard seeds , fenugreek once it gets crackle add hing and curry leaf . once it turns in to crispy add finely chopped tomatoes and cook for 10 minutes.
• After that add grind powder and cook well then  add turmeric powder.
• Then add strained tamarind juice, salt , required water and mix well everything.
• Make sure do not over boil rasam ,let it slowly comes to a gentle boil and turn off the flame.
• Finally garnish with coriander leaves.
• Rasam is ready to be serve. 

Notes:

1. Rasam promotes the removal of toxins.
2. Tamarind helps to keep our skin young .
3. Rasam is good for weight loss.
4. It can be served with poriyal and kootu and some papad.
5. We can also add some jaggery in this receipe.