Plain Tangy Tomato Rasam

While searching for Healthy Soup Recipes, one must never forget the importance of Rasam in South Indian Cuisine. Rasam is a kind of soup made out of tamarind. It does have a tangy taste and is loaded with spices at the right amount so that you can eat your rice with all the tanginess you prefer. You can make a variety of rasams. The rasam variations are Parippu rasam or Dal Rasam, Pineapple Rasam, Drumstick Rasam, Pepper Rasam, Masala Rasam, Garlic Rasam and Tomato Rasam. When you are having a very bad cold, you can feel relaxed when you drink some rasam or when you eat rice loaded with Rasam.

Making a rasam is easy, but most people prefer to make it with the help of a rasam powder. Try making the perfect rasam with your own rasam mix. Understand the fact that Rasam comes under one of the simple recipes of Kerala cuisine.  So next time you make a rasam, take all the credit of making it. You never have to worry about remembering the ingredients in your mind. All you need to do is to checkout my blog once in a while. This can save you ;)

Ingredients

·        Tamarind – Size of a lemon

·        Tomato- 1 large

·        Shallots – 6

·        Garlic – 8 cloves

·        Pepper powder – ¼ tsp

·        Red Chilly Powder – ½ tsp

·        Fenugreek powder – a pinch

·        Asafetida – ¼ tsp

·        Mustard seeds – ¼ tsp

·        Curry leaves

·        Coriander leaves

Method

·        In a mixer, add shallots and garlic and run the mixer for 2 min. Keep it aside

·        Take the tamarind ball and mix with 500 ml of water or more

·        Add some salt and adjust the taste

·        Take a tava and heat it

·        Add some oil to it. One tablespoon of coconut oil/vegetable oil would do

·        When the oil gets heated, add the mustard seeds to it and allow it to pop

·        Now you can add curry leaves

·        Add the ground shallots and ginger to the oil and sauté till golden brown

·        Add red chilly powder and turmeric powder and sauté well

·        Now add the finely chopped tomatoes and sauté till the tomatoes get cooked

·        To this, add the tamarind water mixed with salt and stir well

·        To this, you may add the pepper powder, fenugreek powder and asafetida powder. Stir well. Check the salt and add more if you feel it is less

·        Finely chop the coriander leaves and add them as garnishing

·        Switch off the flame before the rasam boils.

·        Ps: Care should be taken not to boil the rasam, or else you will lose the taste of the rasam.

·        Serve with rice. Pour rasam on rice and accompany them with vegetarian or non vegetarian side dishes.

Usually, after a heavy meal, you will be offered a glass of rasam for speeding the process of digestion. Rasam is also good for you when you are suffering from a very bad cold. So while trying to check for some of the simplest and healthy soup recipes, make sure you try a rasam.