Saturday, June 20, 2009

Pudina Rasam/Mint Rasam

Pudina /Mint ...saying the word itself is very refreshing!!!!!!!!!

Its my favorite herb.Pudina Rasam is one dish i make very rarely.Mostly its only the usual rasam or pepper and jeera rasam.

This rasam requires rasam powder..Since rasam powder was out of stock in my pantry,I made a new batch according to my mom's recipe.

Rasam Powder:

Ingredients:

Toor dal- 1/2 cup
Coriander seeds - 3/4 cup
Jeera/Cumin seeds - 1/2 cup
Whole Black Peppercorns - 3 tbsp
Dry red chillies- 10
Turmeric powder- 1 tsp

Method:

Dry roast all the ingredients one by one in a pan.When cool,grind them into a coarse powder.

Now coming back to the rasam recipe..

Ingredients:

Pudina/Mint leaves - 1/2 cup
Chopped tomatoes- 2
Green chillies - 2
Tamarind - size of a marble
Boiled and mashed toor dal - 1/2 cup
Chopped onion - 1/4 cup
Rasam powder - 1tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Salt to taste
Chopped coriander leaves for garnishing
Ghee- 2tbsp

Tempering ingredients:

Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Dry red chillies - 1 or 2
Ghee - 1 tsp

Method:

Soak the tamarind in water and extract a cup.
In a pressure pan heat ghee.When its hot add the onions.Saute till they turn translucent.
Then  add chopped tomatoes and turmeric powder.When the tomatoes turn mushy, add the mint leaves.
When they shrink add the mashed toor dal,rasam powder and the tamarind extract.Add the required amount of salt.
When it starts boiling,close the lid and put the weight.
Switch off the stove after you hear the first whistle.
Heat ghee in a pan and add the ingredients listed for tempering.Pour it into the rasam and garnish with corainder leaves.
Serve with piping hot steamed rice in which a tsp of ghee has been added.

4 comments:

Pooja said...

rasam is my fav ! lovely ! will try this soon !

Unknown said...

pooja
Try it out and lemme know..Iam sure u r gonna like this since u are a rasam lover

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kittymatti said...

lovely rasam..a good idea!