Saturday 26 October 2013

Tomato Saru(Rasam)


Rasam or Saaru is a South indian soup, traditionally prepared using tamarind juice as a base, with the addition of tomato, and peppers and other spices as seasonings.



Ingredients:
half cup of toor dal/Arhar dal fully boiled ,
3 teaspoon coriander seeds,
half teaspoon zeera/cumin seeds,
1 teaspoon peppercorns/kali meere
1 teaspoon of toor dal,
4-5 red chillies
2 teaspoon of tamarind paste,
1 finely chopped tomato,
2 teaspoon of jaggery powder,
coriander leaves for garnishing
1 teaspoon of cooking oil,
For seasoning:
1 teaspoon of mustard seeds,
2 slit Byadgi red chillies,
4-5 curry leaves,
a pinch of hing powder,
1 teaspoon of cooking oil,

Method :
  • Heat 1 teaspoon of cooking oil in a pan ,add coriander seeds and 1 teaspoon of toordal,fry for 2 minutes. Add cumin seeds, peppercorns, and red chillies and fry for another 2 minutes.Turn off the heat and let it cool.
  • Fine paste the above mixture in  a grinder by adding required amount of water or powder it dry without adding water so that you can store and use it next time.
  • Take a round bottom vessel , add fully boiled toor dal, 800 ml of water(or more if you like),tamarind paste,jaggery powder,tomatoes, salt to taste and rasam paste/powder prepared in the previous step. Bring it to a boil. Close the heat.
  • For seasoning: Heat 1 teaspoon oil in a seasoning pan, add mustard seeds ,when they start spluttering  ,curry leaves,hing powder and red chillies.Close the heat.
  • Pour the seasoning over the Rasam and garnish with few chopped coriander leaves.
Goes well with rice and pickel/lonche.

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