Ingredients – For rasam
1 small lemon size tamarind
1 medium tomato
2 tbsp toor dal cooked and mashed
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
2 green chillies (optional)
Salt to taste
Ingredients – For masala
2 red chillies
2 tsp coriander seeds
1 tsp peppercorns
2 tsp channa dal
2 tsp toor dal
Asafoetida
1 tsp cumin seeds (Do not roast)
Method
Roast the ingredients under masala. Do not roast the cumin seeds.
Take in a blender and add cumin seeds.
Grind to a powder.
Extract juice from the tamarind and take in a pot. Add asafoetida and salt.
Bring to a boil. Add tomatoes. Let it boil for 5 minutes.
Add the ground masala.
Let it boil for 8 – 10 minutes.
Add the cooked toor dal. Mix well.
Garnish with curry and coriander leaves.
Season with mustard seeds and green chillies. (Green chillies are optional)
Comforting and tasty rasam ready.
Enjoy!
Linking to Dish it Out – Tomatoes and Chilly hosted by Reva of Kaarasaaram.
I wnated to try this since long…bookmarked looks very flavourful n yummy
beautiful looking rasam…love your bowl….
Looks absolutely mouth watering. Love the spice powder and ingredients. We usually don't add dal in the rasam, but then that is andhra style
Rasam looks tasty, spicy, yummy and tempting.
my fav rasam. very recentlyi tasted this and got addicted tot this. nicely prepared and explained
So many beautiful spices in this dish.
Wow wat a tempting clicks,makes me hungry now…
Very interesting dish, going to try it. I suppose you are using a fresh tamarind, I only have the dried block. I can soak a piece and use that I think.
Rasam looks lovely..ground masala is new to me…
Nice comfort recipe
lovely
that's a new rasam recipe to me…looks very good..
Was searching for this recipe..yumm comfort food
Nice recipe.I know 3 varieties,but this one is new to me.My child likes rasam only,today onwards mysore rasam is also added in her menu.Thank u.
wat a coincidence..i too made Mysore Rasam from shalini's blog sterday…bit different from your version…your rasam looks so good n tastee…loved it !!!
wow such a delicious rasam..
Slurp…slurp!!! Looks sooo…. good!!!! Loved the last click…
Prathima Rao
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Looks good
healthy too !
Cheers
Kalyani
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Tasty and healthy rasam..
Truly delectable!
This looks very interesting. Bookmarked! Thanks for haring vardhini!
Love this rasam,looks delicious..:)
Delicious rasam,loved it…