Actually rasam never turns out properly when I make it.But this I learnt from my sister and it worked.
The main reason is slow covered cooking and never let rasam boil with bubbles.
cooked toor dal- 1/3 cup mashed
tamarind - 1 small marble size
tomato- 1
garlic -7 crushed
red chillies- 2 (broken into two)
jeera crushed- 1/4 tsp
mustard seeds- 1/4 tsp
asafoetida- 1/4 tsp
rasam powder- 1tbsp
pepper pwd- 1 tsp
oil - 1tbsp
curry leaves- 1 sprig
coriander leaves- 1 tsp chopped.
water- 1.5 cup
METHOD:
Soak tamarind in 1 cup of water and extract pulp.Cook toor dal and tomato in a pressure cooker along with 1 cup of water.
Mash it well. Add with tamarind water
Heat oil in kadai. When hot add mustard seeds.
When they splutter add garlic,curry leaves, red chillies, asafoetida, and jeera.Reduce heat.
Add tamarind-dal water, rasam pwd,turmeric pwd, coriander leaves.
Check salt and stir once.
Cover and simmer to low . Let it be for 7-8 min.
Put off the stove and serve hot with plain rice.
Note:
Check occasionally that bubbles are not formed.
The main reason is slow covered cooking and never let rasam boil with bubbles.
cooked toor dal- 1/3 cup mashed
tamarind - 1 small marble size
tomato- 1
garlic -7 crushedred chillies- 2 (broken into two)
jeera crushed- 1/4 tsp
mustard seeds- 1/4 tsp
asafoetida- 1/4 tsp
rasam powder- 1tbsp
pepper pwd- 1 tsp
oil - 1tbsp
curry leaves- 1 sprig
coriander leaves- 1 tsp chopped.
water- 1.5 cup
METHOD:
Soak tamarind in 1 cup of water and extract pulp.Cook toor dal and tomato in a pressure cooker along with 1 cup of water.
Mash it well. Add with tamarind water
Heat oil in kadai. When hot add mustard seeds.
When they splutter add garlic,curry leaves, red chillies, asafoetida, and jeera.Reduce heat.
Add tamarind-dal water, rasam pwd,turmeric pwd, coriander leaves.
Check salt and stir once.
Cover and simmer to low . Let it be for 7-8 min.
Put off the stove and serve hot with plain rice.
Note:
Check occasionally that bubbles are not formed.
Hi...seems to Have our ammichi's touch :)
ReplyDeletehelo revathi
ReplyDeletei dont have rasam powder ,what ingredients can i use insted of rasam powder
Hello Jisha,
DeleteRasam powder is made in different ways in each house in Tamilnadu.
This is our version .You have to add more garlic and jeera pwd when you make rasam ,it helps in digestion.As I have mentioned in my blogs that my daughter and husband throw away the curry leaves, I do grind them along.Toor dal and channa dal is added to give thickness.
So here it goes,
coriander seeds- 1 cup
jeerakam- 1tbsp
red chillies-1/4 cup
peppercorns-1 tbsp
methis seeds-1/8 tsp
curryleaves-1 sprig
turmeric powder-1tsp
asafoetida-1/4 tsp
toor dal- 1tsp
channa dal-1tsp
Thank you
Revathi