Basic Rasam Recipe

Servings

4

Prep Time

5 minutes

Cook Time

30 minutes

Cuisine

South Indian Meals

Category

Rasam

South Indian staple -  perfect for a rainy day or when you have cold or sore throat. Or just feel like having a warm light meal.

Basic Rasam Recipe

Ingredients

  • Tomato

  • Tamarind - lemon size

  • Mylapore Kitchens Rasam podi

  • Red Chilli powder

  • Jaggery

  • Salt

  • Jeera

  • Mustard seeds

  • Curry leaves

  • Fresh Coriander

  • Dry red chillies

  • Asafoetida

  • Ghee for tempering (can also use coconut oil for a vegan version)

Directions

  1. Soak a small lemon sized tamarind in water along with salt. Boil this for a few minutes for easy extraction. Let it cool. Once cooled, squeeze tamarind and extract the juice and set aside.

  2. Add tamarind extract to a pan. Add 1 heaped tea spoon of @mylaporekitchens rasam podi.

  3. If you like it spicy, you can also add 1 tsp of @mylaporekitchens red chilli powder.
  4. Add chopped tomatoes, 1 slit green chilli.

  5. Salt is already added. Add a small piece of jaggery.

  6. Boil on low flame until it froths.
  7. Add diluted, cooked toor dal water. Couple of spoons of cooked, mashed dal is ample.

  8. Temper with ghee or coconut oil, mustard seeds, jeera, dry red chillies, curry leaves and asafoetida.

  9. Heat it for a couple of minutes till it all comes together
  10. Garnish with chopped, fresh coriander.

Basic Rasam

Another South Indian staple. You can use the different rasam podis from Mylapore Kitchens or go for basic rasam podi.
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