Thamizhar Pakkam - Kitchen Section

Visitors Recipe
Rasam - madras style
Ingredients
FOr Soup Tamarind - 1 small lemon size Tomatoes - 2 cut finely Salt to taste Curry leaves - 4-5 Turmeric - 1 pinch Asafoetida - 1 pinch For the Powder Channa dal - 1 tsp Thur dal - 1 tsp Corriander seeds - 2 tsp Jeera - 1 tsp Black pepper - 1 tsp Red chilli - 2 Garnishing mustard - 1 tsp Ghee - 1/2 tsp Corriander leaves
Method
Take 3-4 cups of water and add tamarind, tomatoes, salt, turmeric, curry leaves, asafoetida and boil it for 5-7 minutes (boil well so that the tamarind and tomatoes are smashed). Powder Thur dal, channa dal, corriander seeds, black pepper, jeera and red chillis to a coarse powder - and add to the boiling soup and remove from fire after 2 minutes. Heat ghee in a pan and add mustard seeds. Pour into the rasam. Garnish with corriander leaves. For a better taste add cream of cooked dal and cook rasam for 2 minutes. Add 2 cloves of garlic for better taste.

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