Recipe of Rasam

About Rasam Dish

Ingredients for Rasam

• Ripe tomatoes : 2 Nos (Medium/ 1 No if big)
• Garlic : 3 Cloves
• Black Pepper Seeds : ½ Tsp
• Cumin Seeds : ¼ Tsp
• Salt : To Taste
• Tamarind : 1 small ball
• Asafoetida : A Pinch
• Water : ½ Cup
• Coconut Oil : 2 Tsp
• Mustard Seeds : ¼ Tsp
• Dried red chilly : 2-3 Nos
• Curry leaves : 2 Sprig
• Coriander Leaves : 2-3 Stem

Method of Preparation

1. Wash thoroughly the tomatoes and chop into cubes. Clean the garlic cloves, wash it and make it into a paste by adding black pepper seeds and cumin seeds. Keep it aside.
2. Wash the tamarind and soak it in a glass of water, to extract the juice.
3. Pour 1 Tsp oil in a pan and add the chopped tomatoes into it. Remove the tomatoes once it is half cooked.
4. Again pour 1 Tsp oil into the pan and boil it. Now, add mustard seeds, allow it to splutter. Then add dried red chilly and curry leaves to it.
5. Add the crushed paste (black pepper, garlic cloves and cumin seeds) to the mixture. Sort it well.
6. After the raw smell of garlic is gone, add the half cooked tomatoes into it.
7. Stir it and add tamarind juice to taste. Mix well and add water to it.
8. Now add the ready made rasam powder, asafoetida and required salt to the mixture and close the lid.
9. Allow it to boil. You may also add coriander leaves for a different taste.
10. Off the flame and serve hot along with rice.

Garnishing Tips

Points to be noted

• Extra care should be given while adding tamarind juice as you have already added ripe tomatoes to the dish. First taste it and according to the need of sourness, add tamarind juice.
• Even though rasam powder has all the required ingredients for this dish, we are adding asafoetida and black pepper to make it more tasty. By adding more black pepper, the dish becomes spicy, hence care has to be given in this area too.
• Some people do not like the taste and odor of coriander leaves, if you do not like then you can avoid that ingredient. Still the dish will taste good.