Tasty Rasam
by Foodie #385744
23 Sep 2007
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A nice easy and tasty rasam recipe.Tasty Rasam is basically a thin lentil soup with lots of tomatoes and spices. The rasam can be served with rice or enjoyed simply as a soup.
Tasty Rasam recipe - How to make Tasty Rasam
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2 tomatoes
4 green chillies
4 whole dry kashmiri red chillies
a pinch of jaggery (gur)
salt as required
a pinch of turmeric powder (haldi)
tamarind (imli) water extracted from a small lemon sized tamrind ball
a pinch asafoetida (hing)
curry leaves (kadi patta)
coriander (dhania) leaves
1/2 cup cooked toovar (arhar) dal , diluted with water
1/2 tsp coarsely powdered pepper and cumin seeds (jeera)
ghee , mustard seeds ( rai / sarson) for tempering
Method
- Cook dhal and keep it diluted with water.
- Add tomatoes, green chillies, red chillies, jaggery, curry leaves, turmeric powder,hing, salt in the tamarind water.
- Bring it to boil till the raw smell of the tamarind goes.
- Then add dhal water.
- Bring it to boil.
- Add coarsely powdered pepper and jeera.
- Temper mustard seeds in ghee and pour it over the rasam.
- Garnish with corriander leaves.
- It goes well with rice or it can be served hot as soup.
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