Hey everyone, it’s me, Dave, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, rasam. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Rasam is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. Rasam is something which I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.
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. is tamarind rasam recipe or puli rasam recipe known for its sour and spicy taste. south indian states and no dal rasam with pepper and garlic is one such variation. Rasam normally forms the second course in a traditional south Indian menu.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have rasam using 19 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Rasam:
- Make ready 1 cup Split Pigeon pea/Toor dal/Arahar dal
- Prepare 1 liter Chicken stock or vegetable stock
- Make ready 2 tbsp Tamarind paste or a lemon size ball of tamarind
- Make ready 3 Ripe Tomatoes
- Take 2 Green Chillies
- Get 5 Whole Shallots
- Make ready 1 piece of ginger
- Make ready 5 clove Garlic
- Take 1 cup Boiled and Shredded Chicken Breast (Vegetarians substitute vegetables of your choice)
- Get 1 Spanish red Onion Diced
- Get 1 tbsp Coriander seeds
- Get 1 tsp Fenugreek seeds
- Take 1 tbsp Cumin seeds
- Get 1/2 tsp Asafoetida
- Prepare 1 tsp Turmeric Powder
- Prepare 2 tbsp Butter or Olive Oil
- Get 2 cup Steamed Rice
- Take 1/2 cup basil and coriander leaves combined
- Take 1 Salt and pepper to taste
It is a spicy-sweet-sour stock traditionally prepared using kokum, tamarind, or dried green mango juice as a base along with jaggery, chili pepper, black pepper. 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.
Steps to make Rasam:
- Wash the lentils well and soak it in water for 2-3 hrs.
- In a pressure cooker, add the soaked lentils, 2 cups of water, shallots, tomatoes, garlic, ginger, green chillies, asafoetida, tumeric and salt. Pressure cook until 3 whistles. Cool and transfer the contents to a blender and pureé the contents.
- Dry roast the spices except asafoetida in a pan. Cool and powder it in a coffee or spice grinder.
- Dissolve the tamrind paste in half cup of warm water. Keep it aside
- In a pot, add butter or olive oil. Heat it and add the chopped onions, sauté it well till it becomes brown and caramelised. Add the chicken breasts (or vegetables) and saute for another 2 mins. Add the lentil puree and chicken stock and bring it to boil for 30 minutes
- Add the tamarind water and simmer for another 10 minutes.
- Add 2 tablespoon full of the roasted spice powder and simmer it for another 10 minutes. Add Salt and pepper to taste
- Add the steamed rice to the broth and switch off the heat. Stir well.
- In a pan, add a tablespoon full of clarified butter. Heat it to smoking point and add a teaspoon of cumin seeds. Let them crackle. Add this to the broth
- Add coriander and basil leaves.
- Ladle hot soup into bowls. Serve hot
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. Rasam is a south Indian curry/ soup made with tamarind, tomatoes, pepper, cumin, garlic, lentils etc. Rasam can be served as a soup or as a gravy for rice along with papad. Rasam Recipe, Imli Khatti , How To Make Rasam Recipe.
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