Rasam Recipe: Double the fun of Sunday, make Rasam for lunch!

South Indian Foods: South Indian Foods are becoming quite popular now. Idli, dosa, sambar come to mind when it comes to South Indian food, but along with these dishes, Rasam is a delicious South Indian food which is very much liked. Rasam is like a spicy soup except that lentils are not used in its preparation. By the way, Rasam can be made in many ways. It is a spicy curry and is often served with rice. The indigenous spices added to it greatly enhance the taste of the rasam. If you love South Indian food and always want to try something new, then Rasam can be a great option. Apart from being delicious, it is also very easy to make. If you have never tried the recipe of rasam, then you can make it very easily by our method.

Rasam Ingredients

Tomato – 1

Mustard – 1 tsp

Curry leaves – 10-15

Coriander – 2 tbsp

Tamarind paste – 1 cup

Turmeric – 1/4 tsp

Asafoetida – 1 pinch

Dry red chili – 2

Oil – 2 tbsp

water (3 cups

salt – as per taste

For Masala Paste

Cumin – 1 tbsp

Garlic – 3 cloves

Coriander – 2 tbsp

Black pepper – 1 tsp

Rasam Recipe

To make South Indian style rasam, first cut green chilies and finely chop tomatoes, coriander leaves. Now add 1 tsp cumin, garlic clove, coriander leaves and black pepper in a mixer bowl and mix. After making a thick paste, take out the mixture in a bowl and keep it aside. Now put oil in a pan and keep it on medium flame. As soon as the oil becomes hot, add mustard seeds, dry red chillies, asafoetida and curry leaves and fry for some time. Now add prepared masala paste and fry for a minute. After this, add finely chopped tomatoes, turmeric, chillies and salt as per taste to the pan. Now fry this mixture till the tomatoes become soft. When the tomatoes become soft, add tamarind juice and 3 cups of water and mix.

After this cover the pan and let the rasam cook for about 10 minutes. Meanwhile keep stirring the rasam. Cook it till the rawness of the rasam goes away. When the rasam boils well, put finely chopped coriander in it. Tasty rasam is ready. Serve with rice.