RASAM | INDIAN RECIPE

RASAM

Serves - 2

BEST TIME TO HAVE?

As your Lunch or Dinner .

HOW TO MAKE RASAM?

INGREDIENTS:

• Tomato - 1
• Pepper powder – ¼  tsp
• Green chili – 1
• Garlic – 7 cloves
• Ginger -  1 cm
• Turmeric Powder –  ¼  tsp
• Tamarind – amla/gooseberry size
• Curry leaves – a spring
• Asafoetida  - ½ tsp
• Coriander leaves
• Cumin seeds – 1 tsp
• Oil -  2 Tbsp
• Dry chili – 2 whole
• Mustard seeds – 1 tsp

METHOD:

1. Crush ginger, cumin seeds, garlic and green chili.
2. Soak the tamarind for 15 – 20 min and squeeze to extract tamarind juice.
3. Heat oil in a pan, lower the flame.
4. Sputter mustard seeds and add dry chili, curry leaves and asafetida.
5. Stir for 20 sec.
6. Add the crushed spices and stir till raw smell disappears.
7. Add the turmeric powder and pepper powder and saute till the raw smell of the spices goes.
8. Now add the chopped tomatoes and cook them it mushy.
9. Add hot water to meet your desired consistency and salt. Let it boil.
10. Now add the tamarind water. Let it boil.
11. Give it a stir and add the coriander leaves. Remove from fire.

Enjoy the hot rasam! 😊