Rasam (South Indian Soup)

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Description

Rasam or charu is traditional spicy South Indian soup served with Rice.

To make Rasam Powder: In a pan dry roast coriander seeds, cumin (Jeera), dried whole red chilies and peppercorns for 3 minutes. Add curry leaves and roast for another minute. Grind these ingredients for 30 -40 seconds into coarse rasam powder in a blender. Keep this rasam powder a side. Alternatively you can also make Instant Rasam powder

To make Rasam: In a cooking pot – mix tomatoes, coriander leaves, green chili, garlic cloves, curry leaves, turmeric and Hing . Add 3 cups of water and salt. Boil these ingredients for 7-8 mins. Then add rasam powder and mix.

Tempering ( Tadka) of rasam: In a separate pan, dry roast urad dal, mustard seeds, whole red chilies, jeera (cumin), curry leaves for 1-2 mins mix these into rasam for tempering.

Serve Rasam with warm Rice.

Ingredients

For Rasam Powder

1 Tablespoon coriander seeds (Dhaniya seeds)

1 teaspoon cumin (Jeera)

8 dried whole red chilies

1/2 teaspoon peppercorns

10 curry leaves

1/2 Tablespoon of grated coconut (optional)

For Rasam

2 medium tomatoes (each cut into 4 pieces and crushed them)

1 Tablespoon coriander leaves (chopped)

1 Green chili (slit long ways and cut into 4 pieces)

5 garlic cloves – crushed

5 curry leaves

1/8th teaspoon turmeric

1/4 teaspoon Hing (asafoetida)

1 teaspoon salt

3 cups of water

For tempering (or Tadka)

1 teaspoon urad dal

1/4 teaspoon mustard seeds

2 whole dried red chilies

1/2 teaspoon jeera (cumin)

5 curry leaves