Mudakathan Keerai Rasam | Balloon Vine Rasam

Mudakathan keerai rasam, a healthy and nutrition rich rasam variety with the richness of nutrition from Mudakathan keerai (called "Balloon Vine"). Rasam is an Indian Soup which is usually served with hot steaming rice. Rasam can also be served as an appetizer or we can serve after a heavy meal to help with the digestion. Tangy flavor along with spice from pepper and flavor from the keerai makes the rasam more delicious. With Mudakathan keerai we can also make dosa, keerai masiyal and many more interesting recipes.

Mudakathan Keerai Benefits:

Mudakathan keerai is a creeper greens. Most of the greens we consume has their unique benefits and here are the benefits of this greens.

1. This keerai has strong anti-inflammatory properties.
2. This is one of the greens that is effective for joint pain, and also for rheumatoid arthritis. It is often used to treat rheumatism and stiffness of limb in Ayurvedic medicine.
3. It is well known to relieve menstrual cramps
4. Also it has anti fungal and bacterial properties.

Tips for making Mudakathan Keerai:

1. Use only 5-6 leaves. Adding more greens makes the rasam bitter.
2. Saute the leaves with other grinding ingredients till they start to wilt and then grind them all to paste.
3. Grinding tomato is optional. We can roughly chop tomato and add instead of grinding.
4. Adding garlic is optional. We can skip.

You may also want to try:

1. Kandanthipili Rasam
2. Garlic Thipili Rasam
3. Lemon Ginger Rasam
4. Kalyana Rasam
5. Manathakali Keerai Soup

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Mudakathan Keerai Rasam | Balloon Vine Rasam

Course: Rasam

Cuisine: Indian Cuisine, Indian Recipes, South Indian Recipes, Tamil Nadu Recipes

Equipments Needed

• Heavy Bottomed Pan
• Sauce Pan
• Mixer Grinder

Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes minutes

Total Time: 30 minutes minutes

Servings: 4 people

Calories: 45kcal

Author: Sowmya Venkatachalam

Mudakathan Keerai Rasam a delicious and nutritional rich rasam that can be served as a soup or can be mixed with rice. Learn here how to make this Modakathan Keerai Rasam with step by step pictures and instructions.

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Ingredients

• ▢ 1 Gooseberry size Tamarind
• ▢ 1 no Tomato
• ▢ 6 nos Mudakathan Keerai (Balloon Vine)
• ▢ 1½ teaspoon Salt
• ▢ ¼ Pinch Turmeric
• ▢ 1 Pinch Asafoetida (Asafetida / Hing)

Grinding Ingredients

• ▢ 1 teaspoon Ghee
• ▢ 1 tablespoon Coriander Seeds
• ▢ 2 teaspoon Toor Dal
• ▢ 1 teaspoon Pepper
• ▢ 1 teaspoon Cumin Seeds
• ▢ 3 nos Garlic Cloves

For Tempering

• ▢ 2 teaspoon Ghee
• ▢ 1 teaspoon Mustard Seeds
• ▢ Few Curry Leaves

Instructions 

Soaking Tamarind

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  Soak tamarind in hot water for 10 mins. After 10 mins, squeeze and extract the juice from tamarind. Set the tamarind juice aside.

Preparing Grinding Ingredients

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  Heat 1 teaspoon of ghee in a pan. Add coriander seeds, toor dal, red chili and pepper. Fry till the dal turns light brown.
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  Next, add garlic and 5-6 mudakathan keerai leaves. Saute the leaves till it starts to wilt.
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  Take the grinding ingredients to the mixer jar. Add a teaspoon of cumin seeds.

Grinding

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  Grind everything to a smooth paste. Set this rasam spice paste aside
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  Take 1 tomato in a mixer jar and grind it to smooth paste.

Preparing Rasam

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  Take the tamarind juice in a sauce pan. Add the tomato paste to the tamarind juice. Also add turmeric powder, hing, salt and keep the sauce pan in a flame.
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  Boil the tamarind - tomato mixture for 5 mins to get rid off its raw smell.
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  After 5 mins, add the spice paste and give a good stir.
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  Allow the rasam to boil for 3-4 mins. Then add water and adjust the consistency. Keep in flame till a frothy layer forms on top of the rasam and then switch off the flame.

Tempering

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  In a pan, heat ghee. Add mustard seeds and allow it to sputter. Then add few curry leaves and switch off the flame.
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  Add this tempering the Modakathan rasam. Garnish the rasam with coriander leaves.

Serving

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  Relish this rasam as a soup or with rice!

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Nutritional Info

Nutrition Facts

Mudakathan Keerai Rasam | Balloon Vine Rasam

Amount Per Serving (1 Cup)

Calories 45 Calories from Fat 27

% Daily Value*

Fat 3g5%

Carbohydrates 5g2%

Protein 2g4%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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INSTRUCTIONS WITH STEP BY STEP PICTURES:

SOAKING TAMARIND

• Soak tamarind in hot water for 10 mins. After 10 mins, squeeze and extract the juice from tamarind. Set the tamarind juice aside.

PREPARING GRINDING INGREDIENTS

• Heat 1 teaspoon of ghee in a pan. Add coriander seeds, toor dal, red chili and pepper. Fry till the dal turns light brown.

• Next, add garlic and 5-6 mudakathan keerai leaves. Saute the leaves till it starts to wilt.

• Take the grinding ingredients to the mixer jar. Add a teaspoon of cumin seeds.

GRINDING

• Grind everything to a smooth paste. Set this rasam spice paste aside.

• Take 1 tomato in a mixer jar and grind it to smooth paste.

PREPARING RASAM

• Take the tamarind juice along with slit green chili in a sauce pan.

• Add the tomato paste to the tamarind juice. Also add turmeric powder, hing, salt and keep the sauce pan in a flame.

• Boil the tamarind - tomato mixture for 5 mins to get rid off its raw smell. After 5 mins, add the spice paste and give a good stir.

• Allow the rasam to boil for 3-4 mins. Then add water and adjust the consistency. Keep in flame till a frothy layer forms on top of the rasam and then switch off the flame.

TEMPERING

• In a pan, heat ghee. Add mustard seeds and allow it to sputter. Then add few curry leaves and switch off the flame.

• Add this tempering the Modakathan rasam. Garnish the rasam with coriander leaves.

SERVING

• Relish this rasam as a soup or with rice!